Category : Gujarati Poem

Buddh

કેમ  કરી  બુદ્ધને  તમે  ખોટી આભામાં રાખો?
મુક્ત મનના  કોઈને કેમ કરી તાબામાં રાખો?
શું ફર્ક પડે જે સ્વયમ બદ્ધ અને મૂર્ખ છે ‘હૃષી’,
એને  ભલે  આજીવન કાશી કે કાબામાં રાખો!

Here are another few lines to expand on the subject of illusion further.

“Nihil admirari” – This Latin phrase can be translated as ‘to be surprised / astonished by noting’ has been considered as one of the qualities to have in order to be and remain happy.  Geeta (2.29), with ” आश्चर्यवत् पश्यति कस्चिदेनम् …. ” and Kathopanishad (1.2.7) also alludes to the similar thoughts, albeit with more depth and discussion.

Let me explain.

People get surprised ( good or bad ) by something which they have never thought about / imagined or from something incomprehensible.  But a ‘Buddh’ ( FYI, it’s not Buddha but just Buddh ) – the one who knows the essence of the things – has nothing to be surprised about.  Since there is nothing new under the sun and it’s just an interplay between nature’s various characteristics ( Geeta -3.28 – “गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त “). Thus, such person can never be fooled by outwardly ostentatious stuff.

Now, when you know it through, you never lose the objectivity of the things and are able to see the things clearly.  You escape the unnecessary entanglements in the form of useless desires or expectations. That unburdens you and eventually makes you totally free! That free person – A real Buddh with such free mind is never going to surrender to anyone.  Only a person like Diogenes who has understood the real freedom can dare say to Alexander the great to move out of the way from the sunlight falling on him with total disregard to useless worldly achievements.

And as we can see, most people are tied to their self created webs and refuse to learn anything. But still they keep on complaining about their current state of affairs and wish for freedom, which ironically is another such entanglement!

Change of people around you or a change of place is not what one needs to feel free and happy. It is the knowledge and realization about the truth, which makes you free and joyful instead.

Category : English Poems

Eventually Settled

Eventually everything will just seem to be settled,
As it always does,  the world  will be  left rattled,

People  will  again   adjust   to  the   new    rhythm,
But future remains same through the reality’s prism,

When  everyone  will  start  singing  about  La  Dolce  Vita,
Fools will resume the fighting, wielding Koran, Bible or Geeta,

What  is  there  to prove with  Cogito Ergo Sum,
When nobody thinks but just beats egoistic drum!

Let’s not forget that no one remembers Memento Mori!
Because  the  death  is  really  not  an end of the  story!

This  world’s  strange  ways are  all  about Caveat Emptor,
If you feel swindled then please start  the new chapter!

While copious calamities come and go, one thing always remains constant and that is the abject stupidity of mankind. It shouldn’t be any surprise that most fail (and will keep on failing) to grasp the basic understanding and keep on repeating the same mistakes again and again.  If I have to bet either for humanity to wise up or for its eternal idiocy then the choice is very clear.

Eventually, it’s up to the individual as this poem says, that nobody is your savior but you yourself. So caveat emptor applies to your own choices in life too dear friends!

Ohh and well, love is not forever and for always, but lunacy is 😉