Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1672

Sugar-candy and sugar in grains; this is a
difference of names only; if you try to distinguish their sweetness at table, you find they
are the same essentially. Tell us, O Panduranga,
whether you and we are different; the world is
cheated by the words “mine” and “thine.”
On
the feet, hand, nose and head there is gold in the
form of ornaments; when it is thrown into a
crucible, can these be distinguished? The losses and
gains of a sleeper are real while he is dreaming;
both, says Tuka, disappear when he awakes.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents