Poems Of Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas

O Lord, how glorious is Thy potent name! It speaks of Thy might and extols Thy fame. O Lord, how kind, merciful and just! Carest for all who place in Thee full trust. O Lord, how grand majestic is Thy form! In wind and rain Thou livest in storm. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: With the use of the catchy rhyme scheme of couplets — AA, BB, CC — in this poem, Beloved Papa has explained the attributes of the Divine. Beloved Papa never tired of extolling the power and glory of the Divine Name, he said: “Just as staff is to one who walks up a steep hill, just as a fence is to a tender plant, just as milk is to a hungry babe, so is the Divine Name given by the Guru to the devotee.  It sustains, nourishes, strengthens and in every way envelops the devotee like an amour. The power of the Name is simply inexpressible. It is sweeter than the sweetest. To taste it is to taste immortality. It is the giver of endless joy and peace. Death has no terror for him who has th...

My heart is the temple of purity, In it is the throne of Infinite Power. On this throne stands the Divine Child of Love — In the innocence of His smiles, His eyes beam with the light of His grace. Sweet music hovers on His lips and joy thrills His limbs. They move — Hands aloft, he dances in rhythms of ecstasy. He circles round and round. Mingling joy, beauty, light and love Into one mass of Divine perfection. His eyes wink — a splendour goes out — And worlds come into being. He winks again — a splendour is drawn in, And worlds go into non-being. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: In this poem, Beloved Papa explains how the Undifferentiated Purushottama — who is at once the static (Pursha), the dynamic (Prakriti) and the Transcendent Truth — manifests as Prakriti with names and forms on the static Substratum or the Purusha, and then, in due course, withdraws the manifestation to the Undifferentiated state; and also how the names and forms of Prakriti ...