Poems

The lotus is born in water, It lives in water, It dies in water, Yet remains untouched by water....

What greater treasure, Can one soul give another, Than the light of enlightenment, Passed from heart to heart. ~...

Do not hurry the dawn, The night knows, When to depart. Do not command, The flower to bloom, Its...

Let me talk about light, In such a way, In so many ways, That eventually you will become one...

Where yesterday no longer calls, And tomorrow that never will come, To that today I have surrendered all. ~...

By your side, O my shore, I will stand, A thousand years again. ~ Sw. Chidananda Tirtha

They may argue day and night, A thousand blind men with all their might, Yet they never will see...

For your light, I will surrender my night, For your sight, I will relinquish my delight, Said the dark...

Not in the temple, Not in the text, Not in the heaven, Not in the hell, Not where they...

Only unuttered, Only unheld, Only unknown, Forever I am. Only unformed, Only unlit, Only untouched, Forever I am. ~Sw....

I then entered, The cave of darkness, And found the sun. ~ Swami Chidananda Tirtha

I then surrendered, My sword of pride, And won the war. ~ Swami Chidananda Tirtha