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Freedom

 

 

 

Poems with the theme of Freedom

  Abil-Kheir, Abu-Said [316] If you do not give up the crowds
  Adyashanti Rest and Be Taken
  Adyashanti Today I Awoke
  Ammons, A. R. Identity
  Ashford, Eric Ecstasy
  Attar, Farid ud-Din A slave's freedom
  Battacharya, Mahendranath Screening its face amongst lotus stalks
  Berry, Wendell Testament
  Brabazon, Francis The world is being run on time
  Cloud of Unknowing The Ecstasy of the Atoms
  Dariya You have nothing to worry about.
  Dogen Ching-ch'ing's raindrop sound
  Emre, Yunus The lover is outcast and idle
  Gorakhnath Gorakh Bani
  Granger, Ivan M. Escape
  Granger, Ivan M. Medusa
  Gyatso, Kelsang Little Tiger
  Hafiz A New World
  Hafiz Spring and all its flowers
  Hakuin Hakuin's Song of Zazen
  Han-shan (Cold Mountain) [253] Children I implore you
  Hanh, Thich Nhat Looking for Each Other
  Herbert, George Church-Monuments
  Hildegard of Bingen O ignis Spiritus Paracliti / Sequence for the Holy Spirit
  Ibn al-Farid, Umar I sought her from myself, (from The Poem of the Sufi Way)
  Iqbal, Allama Muhammad Selfhood can demolish the magic of this world; (from Baal-i-Jibreel)
  Iqbal, Allama Muhammad To the Saqi (from Baal-i-Jibreel)
  Iraqi, Fakhruddin I want Union with Him
  Islam, Nazrul Talk to me, javas, talk to me --
  Jayadeva [2] You rest on the circle of Sri's breast, (from The Gitagovinda)
  John of the Cross Without a Place and With a Place
  Kabir [XVII] The light of the sun, the moon, and the stars shines bright:
  Kerouac, Jack The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
  Leon, Luis de The Life Removed
  Maghsoud, Moulana Shah Turn the darkness of heart by the elixir of the people of the secret,
  Maharshi, Ramana The Marital Garland of Letters
  Maier, Michael Three Golden Apples from the Hesperian grove. (from Atalanta Fugiens)
  Marpa (Lotsawa, Marpa) Realisation of Dreams and Mind
  Merton, Thomas When in the soul of the serene disciple
  Milarepa The Song of View, Practice, and Action
  Milarepa Upon this earth, the land of the Victorious Ones,
  Nagarjuna Dedicatory Verse
  Namdev The thundering resonance of the Word
  Nammalvar O Lord, infinite in Thy glory,
  Naropa The Summary of Mahamudra
  Naropa The View, Concisely Put
  Neruda, Pablo Poetry
  Neruda, Pablo The Poet's Obligation
  Novalis Over I journey
  O'Donohue, John A Blessing for Equilibrium
  Osborne, Arthur Be Still
  Pope, Alexander Solitude: An Ode
  Pope, Alexander The Universal Prayer
  Rabia (Al-'Adawiyya, Rabi'a) My joy --
  Rabjampa, Longchen An Adamantine Song on the Ever-Present
  Rahman Baba Antics of the Age
  Ramprasad (Sen, Ramprasad) Its value beyond assessment by the mind
  Ramprasad (Sen, Ramprasad) Kulakundalini, Goddess Full of Brahman, Tara --
  Ramprasad (Sen, Ramprasad) Why disappear into formless trance?
  Rilke, Rainer Maria I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
  Rumi, Jelaluddin I'm neither beautiful nor ugly
  Rumi, Jelaluddin Seizing my life in your hands, you thrashed me clean
  Sanai, Hakim Bloom Like a Rose
  Sanai, Hakim Meditation
  Saraha The Royal Song of Saraha (Dohakosa)
  Sarmad Hundreds of my friends became enemies,
  Shabistari, Mahmud The Tavern Haunters
  Shabistari, Mahmud The Wine of Rapture (from The Secret Rose Garden)
  Shabkar (Rangdrol, Shabkar Tsogdruk) A Song by a Yogi in Solitude
  silent lotus Feel the Peace
  silent lotus Our Remains
  Solovyov, Vladimir Three Meetings
  Solovyov, Vladimir Near, far off, not here, not there,
  Tagore, Rabindranath I touch God in my song
  Teresa of Avila Oh Exceeding Beauty
  Thayumanavar Prayer to Being - Let Us Contemplate
  Thayumanavar To have reached the state of impassivity that holds (from Bliss that is Perfect Full)
  Tilopa Song of the Mahamudra (Tilopa's Song to Naropa)
  Tiruvalluvar Renunciation
  Trinley, Karma A Song on the View of Voidness
  Tulsidas Truth Lies Within
  Vaughan, Henry Vain wits and eyes
  Vidyapati All my inhibition left me in a flash,
  Vivekananda, Swami Song of the Sanyasin
  Wordsworth, William "To every Form of being is assigned," (from The Excursion, Book 9)
  Yoka Genkaku (Xuanjue, Yongjia) [11] Always working alone, always walking alone, (from The Shodoka)
  Yoka Genkaku (Xuanjue, Yongjia) [50] The Buddha's doctrine of directness (from The Shodoka)


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