forty verses

after reading the dhammapada, which was a fluid read and not difficult to comprehend/understand the underlying meanings of, i commenced upon ramana, shankara and the forty verses. having read all of its 151 pages, i cannot claim to have fathomed very much :(. i suppose it wasn't written for the likes of me, i am merely at the initial stages of my sadhana. what i did follow was the spirit of vichara or enquiry, that one must carry within at all times. i also wish that all religions would mean the same thing when they talked of the 'mind'. the translation one needs to do of these concepts across texts is non-trivial :).

perhaps this is one of those texts that needs to be read repeatedly at regular intervals? perhaps then more ignorance will be shed? today, i am humbled, even in my ability to read, reason, and reflect that i was priding over yesterday. sigh.