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Effortless Worship

by Rasakhan
(1534 - 1619) Timeline

English version by
Shyamdas

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
Muslim / Sufi
16th Century

Listen to everyone, but don't say a word.
     In this manner, remain in the world.

Perform your vows and practices with sincerity —
     they will carry you across
          the mind ocean.

Greet all without negativity, and
     remain in the illumination of
          devotional association.

Rasakhan says,
"Worship Govinda the way a village woman
     balances a water jug upon her head,
          with effortless concentration."


- from "Treasury of Love: The Poems of Rasakhan" translated by Shyamdas. (Available from http://www.shyamdas.com/books.htm)

 

 

 

Themes

  Lover and Beloved
  Sound
  Water
 
 



 

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