Vedas 11 - The Secret Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon
Vedas 11 - The Secret
In ancient times,
Indian sages and saints,
Imparted their esoteric knowledge,
Through ‘Guru Sishya Parampara'
Tradition of imparting knowledge by
The evolved and learned teachers,
To their eager and enthusiastic students,
Those who seek and thirst for knowledge!
The Gurus of the ancient India never
Taught the mystical knowledge
To anybody or everybody.
The teacher selected the deserving one,
The best student, intelligent yet humble,
The noble student, persevering yet respectful,
The student who served the teacher selflessly,
The student who loved the teacher faithfully.
The spiritual knowledge was
Not uttered loud like in a class,
Nor written on a board or a notebook,
They were spoken softly and gently
Into the ears of the student.
The sacred knowledge was whispered
Into the open mind and heart of the student,
In a secret chant of holy vibration!
They remained as secrets for centuries on end, tightly guarded by the mystical saints.
The ‘Guru Sishya Parampara' reminded me of an old teacher who taught me very early in my childhood. It has been years, but I still remember him, his words of wisdom, and his CANE very well. I think very few cultures have ever achieved the kind of pupil-teacher relationships as we did. A wonderful poem Dr. Menon. I am going on a reverse with this series, but surely learning a lot.
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Hi, Geeta! I’m back from vacation and able to spend some time in PH. How could I resist this title? My mind goes to Jesus’s picks for apostles, how human and imperfect! Then to Kabir, a Muslim who abased himslef at the feet of Ramananda because he recognized the spirit in him. This reinforces my conviction that perhaps the most important qualification is hunger. As Jesus said, we’re blessed when we hunger and thirst for righteousness. -Glen
Glen, i am really glad that you are back after your vacation. Happy that you liked the title of this poem. Very well commented and interpreted. I liked the example given of words of Jesus - to thirst for righteousness and of Kabir whose poems are wonderful words of wisdom.
POETESS DO COMPOSE POETRY ON ANTI ABORTION LET THE CHILD COME GAL or guy what difference both work in modern world and partake homely burden..and your views must contain many poets as this you must also compose a poem like KUMARA MAHAMANI ON AGAINST ABORTION READ MY COMMENT THEREIN...your voice for an unborn child on her behalf has no earthly comparison you are the firs and foremost human to speak on behalf of a girl child unborn and one day will be some one's mom Great poem
Thank you dear Poet for your suggestions and views. I shall certainly read your poems.
You have described very well the ancient, traditional way of imparting knowledge and highlighted the importance of shravaNa. Thanks. (10)
Thanks a million Sir for your generous appraisal of this poem. 'Shravana' is an essential aspect of the Guru Sishya Parampara, without which there is no learning or progress.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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This poem teaches us many thing about the parampara of providing and gaining knowledge..
Thank you Debosmita for reading the Vedic poem. Yes it is the esoteric knowledge imparted by Guru to Sishya.