Ramdas Bhandarkar Poems

only patience and skill,
and not passion will,
more artistic are skillful acts,
patience can bring forth more facts
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Running away from what you are;
Soiling the soul wrapping it in a foil.

Running behind senses in vain,
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whenever I can't see my beloved,
feeling I am all alone in the Universe
or I forget myself in her presence
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World at this wandering monk wondered,
simply the fearless empty hands unarmed;
vedanta knowledge of Viveka and Ananda,
Salute to you daring, dear Vivekananda!
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"What I have to believe and what I believed?
That on the whole, and by and large, to live relieved,
what we need, food for fight, or peaceful life?
decency when become thread binding, indecency is cutting knife!
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Knowing myself
great challenge itself
diving deep, inspecting
vigilant, introspecting
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Knowing myself
great challenge itself
diving deep, inspecting
vigilant, introspecting
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you are here neither to set
standards nor gauged by
anyone’s standards.
Let, love, affection lead to
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Away from formalities and rituals
standing alone naked, naked of all
things and thoughts, one attains Nirvana
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Floating over clouds of thoughts,
witnessing wind of instincts
breaking and making,
pieces of memories joining
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