teacher: What is the cause of the cosmos? Is it Brahman? From where do we come? By what live? Where shall we find peace at last? What power governs the duality Of pleasure and pain by which we are driven? Time, nature, necessity, accident, Elements, energy, intelligence – None of these can be the first cause. They are effects, whose only purpose is To help the self to rise above pleasure and pain. In the depths of meditation, sages Saw within themselves the Lord of Love, Who dwells in the heart of every creature. Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden Behind the gunas of law, energy, And
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