Shankara: My soul is your temple, O Lord (from Shiva Manasa Pooja)

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My soul is your temple, O Lord (from Shiva Manasa Pooja)

Shankara, Shankara poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Advaita / Non-Dualist poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Shankara
(788 - 820) Timeline

English version by
P. R. Ramachander (reworked by Ivan M. Granger)

Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist

9th Century

My soul is your temple, O Lord,
My actions are your handmaids,
My body is your home,
My senses witness only you,
My sleep is pure meditation on you,
These walking feet are your journey,
Whatever falls from my mouth is prayer to you,
Oh Lord, everything I say and do are worship.

/ Photo by DieselDemon /

Themes

Sleep

Recommended Books

	Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses: The Essential Teachings of Advaita, by Alan Jacobs
	Saundarya Lahari of Sri Sankaracarya, by Shankara
	Shankara and Indian Philosophy, by Natalia Isayeva
	Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination, Translated by Swami Prabhavananda / Translated by Christopher Isherwood
	Upadesa Sahasri: A Thousand Teachings, by Shankara / Translated by Swami Jagadananda

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