Because nothing here lasts forever, today is precious — keep the one treasure that travels on with you.
The Arc
Your mind gets busy and lets the Naam slip. Bring it back today. This body has a last day, and one day you meet death. Knowing that makes today precious. Much of the world is a hill of smoke. From far off, campfire smoke looks like a solid gray hill. Walk into it, and your hand goes right through. So ask what made you think it was solid. Money, the people you love, your things, your home: none of it comes along when you go. Love the people now, and hold your things lightly. One thing travels on with you: your love for the One. Give that love your whole heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the body does not last, so keep the Naam close today.
Key Vocabulary
man kahaa bisaario raam naam — mind, why have you forgotten the Naam of the One?
dhooe ka pahaar — the hill of smoke: what looks solid but is not.
kachh sang na chaalai — nothing material travels on with you.
bhagat... hoe sang — devotion, the one companion that lasts.
ayk rang — single-hearted love, the color that stays.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Impermanence as a reason to treasure now; the one lasting companion.
For Raag Basant
Basant's 'what lasts' meditation again — the fleeting blossom, the enduring love.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the Naam close while you have time Preview: a forgetful mind, a hill of smoke, money and a home you cannot pack, one love that travels on with you.
Today: Your mind gets busy and lets the Naam slip. Bring it back today. This body has a last day, and one day you meet death. Knowing that makes today precious. Much of the world is a hill of smoke. From far off, campfire smoke looks like a solid gray hill. Walk into it, and your hand goes right through. So ask what made you think it was solid. Money, the people you love, your things, your home: none of it comes along when you go. Love the people now, and hold your things lightly. One thing travels on with you: your love for the One. Give that love your whole heart.
The body does not last, so keep the Naam close today.
For today: Choose one moment today to stop and remember the One with your whole heart.
Because nothing here lasts forever, today is precious — keep the one treasure that travels on with you.
The Arc
Your mind gets busy and lets the Naam slip. Bring it back today. This body has a last day, and one day you meet death. Knowing that makes today precious. Much of the world is a hill of smoke. From far off, campfire smoke looks like a solid gray hill. Walk into it, and your hand goes right through. So ask what made you think it was solid. Money, the people you love, your things, your home: none of it comes along when you go. Love the people now, and hold your things lightly. One thing travels on with you: your love for the One. Give that love your whole heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the body does not last, so keep the Naam close today.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Impermanence as a reason to treasure now; the one lasting companion.
For Raag Basant
Basant's 'what lasts' meditation again — the fleeting blossom, the enduring love.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the Naam close while you have time Preview: a forgetful mind, a hill of smoke, money and a home you cannot pack, one love that travels on with you.
Today: Your mind gets busy and lets the Naam slip. Bring it back today. This body has a last day, and one day you meet death. Knowing that makes today precious. Much of the world is a hill of smoke. From far off, campfire smoke looks like a solid gray hill. Walk into it, and your hand goes right through. So ask what made you think it was solid. Money, the people you love, your things, your home: none of it comes along when you go. Love the people now, and hold your things lightly. One thing travels on with you: your love for the One. Give that love your whole heart.
The body does not last, so keep the Naam close today.
For today: Choose one moment today to stop and remember the One with your whole heart.