Whatever you see, that is it

Here are some verses from Saraha's Treasury of Songs - taken from the pictured 1983 edited-collection:


Neither Samsara nor Nirvana

Here there is no beginning, no middle, no end,
Neither samsara nor nirvana.
In this state of highest bliss
There is neither self nor other.

Whatever you see, that is it,
In front, behind, in all the ten directions.
Even today let your master make an end of delusion!
There is no need to ask of anyone else.

The faculties of sense subside,
And the notion of self is destroyed.
O friend, such is the Body Innate.
Ask for it clearly of your master.

Where thought is held and breath passes hence,
That is the highest bliss.
Elsewhere one goes nowhere.

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Saraha's Treasury of Songs (circa 8th century CE)

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