II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
जरी आले राज्य मोळविक्या हाता I
तरी तो मागूता व्यवसायी II
तृषणेची मजूरे नेणती विसावा I
वाटे हाव हावा काम कामी II
वैभवाची सूखे नातळता अंगा I
चिंता करी भोगा विघ्न जाळी II
तुका म्हणे वाहे मरणाचे भय I
रक्षण उपाय करुनि असे II
"It is said that "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realisation of how much you already have."
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about the One, already possessing the rare human body but forgetful about its true purpose. One must make a conscious effort of using this rare human birth as a conduit to attain his ultimate goal of Self Realisation.
A seller of bunch of firewood becomes a King by fluke. Despite this windfall his urge of selling firewood remains ever active and hence he loses a wonderful opportunity to live and enjoy a much dreamed life of being a King to the fullest. It is so true that too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Similarly a man living a mundane life, is unaware of hIs precious and rare human birth whIch is not short of any windfall. Instead He remains absorbed in worldly desires and sense gratifications and hence loses a wonderful and unique opportunity to use his body as a channel for his Self Quest. In a way he is playing a role in this worldly theatre, unaware that there is an invisible hand guiding him. He struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the journey within is his real goal. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj has elucidated this thought. He says, "I am the body" idea is at the core of this worldly life. The worldly life revolves around body centric thinking which breeds Greed. Greed is the crux of human undoing. one must make a conscious effort to flee "I am the body" idea and then he will be fleeing his own undoing.
The veil of ignorance due to the spell of Maya, the Mistress of Illusion is so overwhelming that One miscontrues the True objective of his rare human birth and instead of using the body for Self Quest, he frantically tries to do everything possible to hold together the ever Perishable and ever Diminishing body knowing that it is bound to succumb to death as time goes by.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, you find peace not by arranging circumstances of your life, but by realising who you are at the deepest level. "
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
जरी आले राज्य मोळविक्या हाता I
तरी तो मागूता व्यवसायी II
तृषणेची मजूरे नेणती विसावा I
वाटे हाव हावा काम कामी II
वैभवाची सूखे नातळता अंगा I
चिंता करी भोगा विघ्न जाळी II
तुका म्हणे वाहे मरणाचे भय I
रक्षण उपाय करुनि असे II
"It is said that "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realisation of how much you already have."
In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj talks about the One, already possessing the rare human body but forgetful about its true purpose. One must make a conscious effort of using this rare human birth as a conduit to attain his ultimate goal of Self Realisation.
A seller of bunch of firewood becomes a King by fluke. Despite this windfall his urge of selling firewood remains ever active and hence he loses a wonderful opportunity to live and enjoy a much dreamed life of being a King to the fullest. It is so true that too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Similarly a man living a mundane life, is unaware of hIs precious and rare human birth whIch is not short of any windfall. Instead He remains absorbed in worldly desires and sense gratifications and hence loses a wonderful and unique opportunity to use his body as a channel for his Self Quest. In a way he is playing a role in this worldly theatre, unaware that there is an invisible hand guiding him. He struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the journey within is his real goal. In this composition Sant Tukaram Maharaj has elucidated this thought. He says, "I am the body" idea is at the core of this worldly life. The worldly life revolves around body centric thinking which breeds Greed. Greed is the crux of human undoing. one must make a conscious effort to flee "I am the body" idea and then he will be fleeing his own undoing.
The veil of ignorance due to the spell of Maya, the Mistress of Illusion is so overwhelming that One miscontrues the True objective of his rare human birth and instead of using the body for Self Quest, he frantically tries to do everything possible to hold together the ever Perishable and ever Diminishing body knowing that it is bound to succumb to death as time goes by.
Summing up Sant Tukaram Maharaj says, you find peace not by arranging circumstances of your life, but by realising who you are at the deepest level. "
II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II
II श्रीसद्गुरुचरणार्पणमस्तु II
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