Om mani padme hum.

I was thinking to discontinue the mantra, but the beauty is such that it cannot be discontinued so soon. For one reason more, Devageet: it has only scratched your subconscious, not penetrated to the very core, to the very center; hence I have to continue….

Om mani padme hum….

The Himalayan hills

are covered with snow, and

the sun is rising.

The first sun rays

falling on the snow are

creating millions of diamonds….

That is the meaning of mani, diamond. The diamond symbolically represents the eternal. What a strange phenomenon: the snow, the ephemeral – one moment here, the next moment gone – sometimes represents the eternal….

The snow,

the sunrise,

the diamonds,

the miracle of eternal being

reflected in the ephemeral,

in the very phenomenal….

Just as the moon is reflected in the lake, even ripples can disturb it; just a pebble thrown into the lake is enough. But although it can be disturbed it is capable of reflecting the beyond in its undisturbed moments. That is what I call meditation: an undisturbed moment in mind – which is always disturbed, but is capable of being undisturbed. The very disturbance proves its capacity to remain undisturbed – even if for a single moment it is here and now. In fact we should only say “herenow.” The “and” should be dropped – it is not needed in reality. In language maybe it is needed, but I am not a linguist, thank God. Although there is no God, we can still use the expression “thank God” – that means thanking no one.

The moment the mind is herenow…get it! Here-now…get it!

Om mani padme hum.