Poetry of Luipa Rendered Into English
The following poetic extract of Luipa is from his work, Kāā Tarubara, the first pada of the Charyapada (c. 9-10th century) and rendered into English by Mahendra Bora and cited in Ayyappapanicker & Akademi (1997: p. 599):
- The body is a gentle tree with its branches five in number,
- Into the stuff of unsteady mind enters Time the wrecker.
- Get your mind steadied and enjoy the bliss never-waning,
- Lui counsels, know it from your teacher just by asking:
- Why all these modes of meditation one should toil and try,
- When going through joy and sorrow all must one day die?
- Ignoring this bond of deception, trust in sense-perception,
- Riding on the wings of pure void, make her your companion.
- Lui testifies, I have seen her clear in my meditation,
- Seated on twin mats doing inhalation and exhalation.
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