Saturday, December 10, 2022

Wooden Elephant

 The Child looks at the toy elephant carved from wood

The kid sees only the elephant; not the wood

A carpenter, on other hand, looks at the toy elephant 

And notices only the quality of the wood

and not  the figure carved

We ignorant children are aware of only Five constituent elements

and not the Lord who has manifested the world -

A Jnani  (Saint) - sees only God in everything

unaware of the material world as we see it!!!


Thirumanthiram by Thirumoolar 

(Tamil Literature)

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