The gate inward
The inner path · அகம்
Round 9 · behind the hill
You have walked ahead of your lamps
You are welcome here, and may read on. These lamps on the rounds below are not yet lit; this round will open more fully once they are:
Behind the hill
The inner path
This part of the journey is yours alone. Nothing here is checked or recorded. Take as long as you need.
Sit in silence
Sit quietly for one to three minutes. Let the first sutra rest in your mind, with its words about the world coming into being, lasting and being withdrawn.
Rendering: This world, spoken of as "he", "she" and "it", goes through three changes: it comes into being, it lasts a while, and it is withdrawn, so it is a thing that has been made. Withdrawn into the One, it comes forth again because of . So the learned say: the One in whom it ends is its beginning.
Read the sutra silently, or chant it gently, returning to its meaning when you need to: Sivagnana Bodham.
Sit with this
As I notice things beginning, lasting and passing, what does it mean to remember the One in whom they end and begin?