Health and Happiness - Dr Dwarakanath
Osho, though the
controversial person of this era, has said a great deal about Shankara. Osho
has done, especially an elaborate study on Bhajagovindham itself, in which he
analyses this great work in minuscule slices. Osho says, “Shankara is a unique
person. And it is very easy to misunderstand this unique person because he is
beyond our common understanding. It seemed to people that he was also a great
logician. But can a great logician say, "Sing! Dance! Sing the song of the
divine"? It is just not possible! Such words can be spoken only by a lover
of the divine from the depths of his heart”.
The path of Shankara's
realization is through the heart and not through the head. That is why,
although Shankara has written commentaries on the Brahmasutra, the Upanishads
and the Gita, we will find his innermost feelings expressed in these small
verses; here he has opened his heart. Here Shankara does not speak like a
scholar or a thinker; here he expresses himself like a devotee.
Osho introduces a
different Shankara - one who can sing of his ecstasy, and can dance in his joy
in life. Osho says "The first and the basic sutra to be understood, is
that truth is attained in emptiness and is lost in words. Language is created
by man; truth is not created by man, it is his discovery. It is neither created
nor proved, but only to be unveiled."
This popular song,
which is in the Sanskrit language, is sung throughout India and is known as
"Bhajagovindham”."Oh fool! Sing the song of the divine, sing the song
of the divine." These words introduce the sutras of this song, leading us
into Shankara's perceptions that many will find, will cut to the bone. One by
one he cuts all delusions away from us. All supports and constructs that our
might have used for the way of life we have chosen up to now, allowing a fresh
opening, a new beginning. This song contains the truth, the beauty, the clarity
and the power of this enlightened master's teaching.
At the same time
Shankara is continually exhorting us, "Oh fool! Sing the song of the divine,
sing the song of the divine."
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