Let This Amrit Mahotsav Be The Song of Your Inner Liberation

To celebrate seventy five years of your sacred motherland’s freedom…

Liberate yourself from greed,

Let love be your abiding creed,

Liberate yourself from every mad race,

Let life go on at its own sweet quiet pace,

Liberate yourself from hate,

Let deep compassion be your mate,

Liberate yourself from any hankering after power,

Let life snuggle up to you like a cool heavenly bower,

Liberate yourself from every constricting binary,

Wear oneness like a piece of exquisite finery,

Liberate yourself from every shoddy thought

As God never meant it to be your lot,

Liberate yourself from mental sloth

That hinders your evolution and growth,

Liberate yourself from the tentacles of lust

So that you live a life that is fair and just,

Liberate yourself from shameless promotion of the self

So that you remain untouched by the trappings of power and pelf,

Liberate yourself from every baseless fear

So that it does not your soul singe and sear,

Liberate yourself from the scales of ignorance that your vision cloud

So that you can be a denizen of this land dignified and proud!

Arun Bhagat

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