Enlighten Thou my ignorant mind by showing
me how to distinguish Thy love. I will
then move about in the affairs of life untouched
by them, as the lotus leaf is dry in the water.
I shall hear as though I heard not the censure of
men, as though I were a prince of ascetics in
divine ecstasy. I shall see the world as though
I saw it not, even as a man awakening recalls
the things he saw in a dream. Unless we act like
this, says Tuka, all our efforts are wasted.
me how to distinguish Thy love. I will
then move about in the affairs of life untouched
by them, as the lotus leaf is dry in the water.
I shall hear as though I heard not the censure of
men, as though I were a prince of ascetics in
divine ecstasy. I shall see the world as though
I saw it not, even as a man awakening recalls
the things he saw in a dream. Unless we act like
this, says Tuka, all our efforts are wasted.