Going Through.

Poetry :

Succinct and Distinct.

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Going through a work voluminous,

A hard work arduous and tenacious,

The writer is trying to prune the tree, 

If the purpose is served, just can't see!

Why don't cut, but in one stroke, only the roots,

That keep on growing many a newer shoots!

He is trying to make short a line before him,  

But how it is to be done, couldn't have seen!

May be, one day he would know this also better, 

When he draws another fine, bigger and longer!

The longer would stay for all the times ahead,

The shorter would be forgotten, dead as well!

I could sure hint at and give him a clue,

May be, he takes it and gets this cue!

First of all, let us see very clearly that,

How, from Dharma, religions drifted away,

Not only drifted away, but followed the way, 

That leads to Adharma and are going astray!

The simple and direct way is pointed out, 

In the aphorism : ahimsA paramo Dharma!

(अहिंसा परमो धर्मः ।।) 

Followed by another : mA vidwiShAvahai !

(मा विद्विषावहै ।।) 

Both the two are complementary to one-another,

Show the light on the way of the Dharma!

The first says : 

Never have enmity to anyone else,

The next says : 

Have not jealousy / hatred with anyone either! 

That is the true spirit of Dharma,

That is the only way to Dharma!

Spirituality, is the essence of Dharma, 

Religion the custom, tradition, and love!

Religion may step into the shoes of Spirituality,

Or may be the same, relegated to formality.

Dharma rises from the core of the Heart,

Religion may become rule, strict and hard!

A faith chosen when because of love,

Stands justified in the times to come.

A faith that is forced upon by tradition, fear, 

Will never blossom into harmony and love !

There is doubt, and there is the the hatred,

Uncertainty, confusion, ignorance, unsaid. 

Religion is often followed, blindly by one,

Dharma is discovered in the heart alone.

Do's and Don'ts dictate, constitute the Religion,

Dharma arises from the right discrimination.

Right and wrong is the foundation though,

The consequence justifies what's truly good.

Comparision between the Religion and Dharma,

Is a task indeed, vain, futile, formidable one!

Dharma is always a rise and rise in the Spiritual,

Religion but often a fall and fall in the ritual.

Once it is seen, you forget the rest,

Conscience tells you, what course is the best.

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