The Messiah Vol 1 ~ 15
event type | discourse |
date & time | 15 Jan 1987 pm |
location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 2h 32min. Quality: good. Live music before and after the interview. |
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video | Available, duration 2h 33min. Quality: not so good. |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | MESS115 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Anand Vimal.
- The sutra
- Then a woman said,
- Speak to us of joy and sorrow.
- And he answered:
- Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
- And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
- And how else can it be?
- The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
- Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
- And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
- When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
- When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
- Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "nay, sorrow is the greater."
- But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
- Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
- Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
- Only when you are empty be you at standstill and balanced.
- When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.
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