The Closing Saloks, Savaiye of the Fifth Master (Sri Mukhbak)
All the striving in the world, without remembering the One, still ends in pain.
The Arc
You can study every book of learning. You can rub ashes on your skin and travel from one holy place to the next. You can skip meals until you are thin and let your hair grow into tangled knots. Without loving remembrance of the One, all of it still ends in pain. You stay caught in what you love, like thread knotted tighter and tighter. You can draw holy marks, cook by strict rules and put on a grand show. Loving remembrance of the One is what all that effort was missing. At the center, the opening line: people try hard in every way they can.
Key Vocabulary
udam - effort
saastar - the Shastras, old books of learning
bhasam - ashes
tirath - places of pilgrimage
bhajan - loving remembrance, devotion
Hukumnama
Subject: Put love for the One inside every effort Preview: Ashes and pilgrimages, fasts and tangled hair, holy marks and strict cooking, thread knotted tight.
Today: You can study every book of learning. You can rub ashes on your skin and travel from one holy place to the next. You can skip meals until you are thin and let your hair grow into tangled knots. Without loving remembrance of the One, all of it still ends in pain. You stay caught in what you love, like thread knotted tighter and tighter. You can draw holy marks, cook by strict rules and put on a grand show. Loving remembrance of the One is what all that effort was missing.
Loving remembrance of the One belongs inside every effort.
For today: Pick one thing you do every day and do it today while remembering the One.
All the striving in the world, without remembering the One, still ends in pain.
The Arc
You can study every book of learning. You can rub ashes on your skin and travel from one holy place to the next. You can skip meals until you are thin and let your hair grow into tangled knots. Without loving remembrance of the One, all of it still ends in pain. You stay caught in what you love, like thread knotted tighter and tighter. You can draw holy marks, cook by strict rules and put on a grand show. Loving remembrance of the One is what all that effort was missing. At the center, the opening line: people try hard in every way they can.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: Put love for the One inside every effort Preview: Ashes and pilgrimages, fasts and tangled hair, holy marks and strict cooking, thread knotted tight.
Today: You can study every book of learning. You can rub ashes on your skin and travel from one holy place to the next. You can skip meals until you are thin and let your hair grow into tangled knots. Without loving remembrance of the One, all of it still ends in pain. You stay caught in what you love, like thread knotted tighter and tighter. You can draw holy marks, cook by strict rules and put on a grand show. Loving remembrance of the One is what all that effort was missing.
Loving remembrance of the One belongs inside every effort.
For today: Pick one thing you do every day and do it today while remembering the One.