It is that which Hindus call Brahman and Christians, Christ--the unconditioned, unchanging, unbroken essence of all things. That which is most dear, and closer to us than our own life's breath. That which causes the heart to beat, and creatures to take form, and yet is beyond all causation and action and form.
it is beautiful.. but what I don't understand is, no moksha? I thought that was one of the ultimate aim of the being.. with all the description.. I feel the atman is compared with a lifeless object.. if anybody has a deeper understanding.. please help me.. I am in void. of the meaning of this beautiful melodious and divine self realization..
This hymn is highly advanced Vedanta encapsulated. When the realisation (not mere intellectual understanding) dawns that there is only One, simultaneously comes the realisation that there was no bondage and hence no moksha ---play of maya. Like awakening from a dream in which one is about to be eaten by a tiger. On awakening, one realises with great relief that the tiger and its prey are both unreal, yet the fear expereinced by the one about to be eaten by a hungry tiger is as real as the relief, the scream, the sweat on the body, the pounding of the heart and various other physiological indicators of fear and relief are both real on the plane of physical reality, as was the dream experience. Yet, one who is awake knows that the dream is over and that its existence was in the dreamer's mind only. That is why spiritual realisation is also known as awakening and the various hymns on awakening the divine within, are symbolic.
Ganga is not just the river. It is the water which the main source of life! Life flourishes with water and great calamities also happen by water. So doing Ganga puja wherever we are will take care of the life on earth. We do continuously Ganga stotram when we go for digging wells. We get plenty of waters! IT is all the blessings of Ganga mayi.
Can you please let me know where i can find the lyrics of this chanting? I searched but could not find the whole script. Can you please forward to me? Thank you, RadheyShyam, Hema
