Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The wish-granting tree stands in the courtyard of my own house; on it are the flowers and leaves of what is real.
Meditate on the self-existing, spotless One whose light fills all; let the world's tangles go.
The verse brings the cosmic tree home — the legendary wish-fulfilling tree (Elysian tree) is "the courtyard of my house." What you would seek in far heavens is in your own inner yard. Its blossoms are "reality" itself. The instruction is to meditate on the self-existent One and "renounce worldly entanglements" — not to flee the world but to loosen the tangles that keep you from noticing the treasure already growing at home. The miraculous tree was in your courtyard all along.
What if what you're searching far and wide for is already growing close to home?
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