moon, earth, shadow at Shrawana

pAkAri widhi hari prANamaya kOSA nilAkASa bhUmi salilAgni praKASa Siva

Pranic cache of Indra, Brahma and Vishnu
Auspiciousness that illumines wind, space, earth, water and fire

SUna Sara sUdanajnAna hara paSupatE
jnAna guruguha satchitAnanda maya mUrtE
hIna jAti kirAta kEna pUjita kIrtE

Queller of the flower arrowed archer, annihilator of shadowy untruths,
Lord beyond food, pleasure, fear and sleep
Knower at cave of one's heart,
icon of truth - consciousness - bliss
Cared for by the tribal huntsman

Sri KALa hastiSa - Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Raga - Huseni

naga panchami

Body and mind are not two things -  but two ends of one.

Body, the outermost shell; consciousness, the innermost core.

So, when knowing becomes non-wavering, body is still.

Non-wavering knowing resides in a non-wavering body – but the converse is not true.

If mind becomes still, body becomes still.

Then a mysterious phenomenon happens.

If your mind is totally still, then even if you are dancing, you will feel - from inside -  that the body is still.

A Buddha is still, even while walking.
A non-Buddha is not still, even when he is dead.

Still mind, dancing body, the speaking tree, Bengaluru, May 7, 2017