For Those Who Would Yearn for Cave Retreats · 14 January 2008

I am the taste in water,

O Kaunteya;

I am the radiance

Of the moon an the sun, 

The sacred utterance

In all the Vedas,

The sound in space,

The prowess in humans.

-Vr 7.8

 

Yoga is not a reclusive meditation in some distant mountain hermitage; rather, the hermitage is found in one's heart, and in the hearts of others.

The ultimate yoga for souls is to attain a state of full-heartedness — a heart that offers itself in unremitting, unconditional love in response to the divine yearning.

This yearning, the greatest secret of all, is pronounced as "You are so much loved by me.”

…The Gita insists that human life is meant for hearing this innermost song of the heart. It behooves souls to search for this song, and upon hearing it, to listen to the divine love song as it resonates in everything, everywhere, and at every moment

—to hear it through the hearts of all beings and in all of life.

 

This is from The Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord’s Secret Love Song

Translation and commentary by Graham Schweig, 2007, p. 109 and p. 278.

Emphasis mine. Gender liberty ("prowess in humans") also mine.

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Comment

1. That’s gorgeous.

   Posted by: Anna · Jan 15, 06:17 AM · #

2. Owl, you and Anna are gorgeous. So you like his version?

   Posted by: eor · Jan 15, 10:02 AM · #

3. Oh I love this (I guess that was predictable). And gender liberty is always appreciated.

   Posted by: gartenfische · Jan 15, 12:42 PM · #

4. You know, this passage will be opaque to most people, and I hesitated because of that. But “I am the taste in the water… I am the sound in space… I am the prowess in humans…” just resonates too deeply with the kind of day I wanted to to have.

   EOR, I like this translation very much. Thank you for recommending it. Your consistent good taste is delightful.

   Posted by: (0v0) · Jan 15, 01:25 PM · #

5. i wuv wu.

   Posted by: eeyore or eor · Jan 15, 03:37 PM · #

6. Om shaka laka! Om shaka laka!

   Posted by: Susan · Jan 15, 05:01 PM · #

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