Page 288 - Kailaspati: Paramhans Hansdevji Avadhoot

The meaning being—
Worldly goods are ghastly, are (like) fragrant woods (filled) with sorrow, The body is a contemptible aberration of fluid and blood/
The agile life is here now, and not at the very next moment, There is no company of friend just like meeting passersby
The union is only the reason for separation
In this world (samsara), a jiva has unending sorrow,
I think this, leave worrying for the world
Just repeat this in mind and not from mouth/
But to which virtuous heart,
This spirit constantly gives rise to, tell me/
some people have realized this truth, renounced their relatives and properties and taken refuge in the forests. Baba told us a tale about a King who lived in a forest. a good many camels used to bring him his provisions—something which could have been done by only a dog.
Only two thousand five years back, a prince, siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, who came to be known as one of the greatest stars on earth was born at Lumbini. it was he who had renounced his family, his crown and all the riches, thereby sitting under a tree, without any food and spent years in search of uncertainty. he is now spending his eternal rest at Kushinagar. Nobody told him well in advance that there is a great peace in Mahanirvan (i.e. enlightenment) or there is bliss in the meditation of Brahma, the Formless. Then what made him run for an invisible and unknown thing and for what sort of peace or bliss?
Many a family man and woman has gone that way. i am not referring to those who frequent the temples with the prayer for a son or those who make a promise to propitiate gods and goddesses. i am not also referring to those who having been bereft of son and wife have put on saffron clothes and karanka. instead, i beg to refer to those, who despite leading a family life are as good as a sannyasin, and are detached from the world in spite of being surrounded by wife and children. Many an example may be cited from the hindu families. We have read about how a family man has offered his dying son at the feet of God and without taking
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