Sense Name, Forms, Attributes, Paradigms And Concepts Poem by TD. Kumar

Sense name, forms, attribute, paradigm and concept
You are left with nothing, a zero, non existent and unmanifest!
It is ‘Shoonyataa' of Buddha and ‘Nirvikalp Samaadhi' of yoga
After ‘sagun' mountaineering you have at the peak god's empty nest!

Though easier to begin with ‘Sagun saadhnaa' and ‘savikalp samaadhi' is still lower than higher peaks
This is the mystic non -being, ‘nirvaanik shoonyataa' of which Buddha speaks
Sagun support of form, words, mantra or sound
Help us like a ladder or boat but we get attached and even when not needed we carry them around.

Working for ‘samaadhi' which is ‘nirvikalp and nirgun'
His beloved mother ‘kaalee' blocked his way
Ram krishna could not resist a ‘bhaktas' ‘sagun' sway
His ‘vedanti' guru asked him to cut ‘kaalee' by a sword and experience ‘nirakaar' and ‘nirgun.'

Shocked, he asked where he could get the sword
"You get the sword from the same place you created and projected the goddess image"
As it was difficult to do this by a son to mother's image
The guru hit him piece of a glass at the critical moment leaving Ramkrishna bleeding and cold.

Ramkrishna paramhans had ascended the ‘nirvikalp zero stage
Buddha had similarly at final phase
Had to shed all image concept and desire
Even of ‘Shoonyataa' and ‘nirvaanik' grace.

It difficult t o describe the indescribable
It can be expressed with inkless pen and sounds of silence
We can suggest only the possibility and presence
To do only this, the mystics of all schools have been capable.