Rudra - Rudra lyrics
Tracks 01. Obeisance
02. Bliss Divine 03. Black 04. Mahamaya 05. The Ancient One 06. Atman 07. War Legion 08. For The Dying 09. Sin / No War 10. Ananda 01. Obeisance Music & lyrics by Rudra
I prostrate myself before the Parabrahman,
The Supreme One, and to all its manifestations I bow with reverence to the Shrutis and to the Maharishis I bow to the Satgurus and to the avatars I bow to the gurus who have captured my soul I bow to the many in the One Om Bhur Bhuvah Suvah Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhiyo Yonah Pracodayat Destroy the Ahamkara in me Remove the avidya in me Stimulate my buddhi and let lofty thoughts arise Dissolve my individuality in the sea of Brahmavidya Atmajnana is what I seek Unveil my pristine self Bestow your grace upon me And guide me to your royal chamber Let me see you in both darkness and light Let the sword of bliss pierce through this Kosha Let this flesh turn to dust and let my mind still reverberate your nama I prostrate myself before the Parabrahman, The Supreme One, and to all its manifestations I bow with reverence to the Shrutis and to the Maharishis I bow to the Satgurus and to the avatars I bow to the gurus who have captured my soul I bow to the many in the One 02. Bliss Divine Music & lyrics by Rudra
The Soul of the Universe,
I bow to thee The one Existence, I bow to thee It is never born It never dies One without a second It is Bliss Divine (Solo: Bala) Permeating the whole Universe but whom nothing can permeate Supreme and self-existent The changeless behind the changing Beyond, there is nothing Yet it is everything That is the Absolute, That thou art It is Indivisible, Eternal, Immutable, Sat-chit-ananda Nameless, Formless, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, This Almighty Brahman (Solo: Bala) Om Tat Sat Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti (Solo: Alvin) The Pure Consciousness I bow to thee The ever-blissful Let me merge with you! It is never born It never dies One without a second It is Bliss Divine 03. Black Music & lyrics by Rudra
You are ignorant of the truth and you have come to preach?
Insisting that your way is the way it should be seen It is an exposition of opinions and it's the blind leading the blind Faith and not blind faith Realize and don't speculate Save yourself before you save the rest Cause your dogmas are going to drown you Read between the lines to see the real doctrines Save yourself from the clutches of blind teachers, The charismatic Spiritual Architects Be a slave to the truth and not the man No one has power till you empower him (or her) You instill fear into the hearts of the meek to induce faith You choose what you want to hear and see to save your beliefs You want your way, but I want both In the absence of freedom, where is choice? Without choice, your mind is enslaved Don't you realize, the existence of one depends on another And parts make the whole You promise peace and harmony But your dogmas make it an impossibility If you can't see the unity in existence, That doesn't mean it cannot be seen Truth refracted by unqualified minds Arousing emotions to enthral And to entice into mental slavery; Immaculate deception! True wisdom is to directly perceive... 04. Mahamaya Music & lyrics by Rudra
Avyakta-namni paramesa-saktih
Anady avidya tri-gunatmika para Kary'anumeya sudhiy'aiva maya Yaya jagat sarvam idam prasuyate The Power of the Absolute contained It is not real and not unreal The material cause of the universe of names and forms I perceive A profound mystery beyond intellectual comprehension And it will always be This finite mind cannot comprehend your true nature. Its maker! World of contradictions That's the way it is You are Time You are Space You are Causality Srishti stiti binashanam Shakti bhute sanatani Gunashraye Gunamaye Narayani Namo-stu-te You are Time You are Space You are Causality This inscrutable power hides the real nature of the Absolute It has the power of concealment and the power of projection Beyond this phenomenal world there is eternity Transcending the phenomenal world I'll realise Infinity Acknowledging only that which is real achieve immortality Searching for it here and there only to find it within Transcending Time Transcending Space Transcending Causality It is the cause of bondage Sorrow and pain are its effects It is a Statement of Fact You are enslaved by nature You try to free yourself But you are trapped This bondage strangles you and you scream "Freedom!" You want to be free! Not till you're on your knees and you plead You yearn. Time to discern Not to be bound, to be free On your knees you must plead The hands of grace will now embrace you Now, be free! 05. The Ancient One Music & lyrics by Rudra
Om Triyambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanat Mrtyormuksheeya Mamrtat Terrifying and yet benevolent Where the opposites dwell in harmony O Mahadeva, Praise to thee He is the eye of the storm And the calm after the same storm The Primal Cause, the Effulgent One Om Namah Shivaya Shivaya Namah I bow to the Ancient One,O Rudra Bow to the Ancient One, O Consort of Durga The King of the Holy Mountains Who dwells beyond the three gunas He is the three-eyed one With the ash-besmeared body The one with the matted locks Who slays the demons I bow before this wielder of the trident Who bears the Holy River in his matted locks Can't you see the serpent slithering around his neck O Mahayogi O Conqueror of Death The one who walks the cremation grounds Garlanded with human skulls O Hara, My obeisance to you Om Namah Shivaya Shivaya Namah I bow to the Ancient One O Lord of the three worlds Bow to the Ancient One O Consort of Shakti The King of the Holy Mountains Who dwells beyond the three gunas Who is the Maha-Guru Ruler of the Universe Most ancient of the ancients Bow to that primeval one 06. Atman Music & lyrics by Rudra
The sole reason for your existence, It is
Your Supreme Guide in both darkness and light, The eternal witness, The one that is, and the one that will forever be It knows no death or birth and exists through eternity Thus it says, "I am in you, you are in me I am you, you are me I'm hidden behind your individuality Step aside, I will reveal myself" The source of all knowledge is within the Self That Immortal One, so far yet so close It is free, So you'll be If you merge with That By knowing That everything else is known The self is ever free It holds the key to the transcendental world The source of infinity That is all that exists The essence of the whole existence That Thou Art! It is bliss, pure consciousness Aham Brahmasmi Tat tvam asi Ayam Atma Brahma Prajnanam Brahma The search for immortality ends in the Atman By knowing That everything else is known Know yourself to be that One and not the transient ego Discard the fetters of ignorance and for once be yourSelf The search for immortality ends in the Atman By knowing That everything else is known Om Mani Padmeham Om Mani Padmeham 07. War Legion Music & lyrics by Rudra
Pathetic display of unjustified aggression
Killing of mortals in the name of religion You kill your other self and you think it's God's will Not knowing that you've been victimized by your false ego Instead of fighting on the battlefields Wage the war on the mental plane Your mind is now misleading you Enslaved in a cell of dogmatism (Solo: Alvin) You call him Father, but are you a worthy child? If He is so merciful, why are you so merciless? All apparent dissension and conflicts will fade Into obscurity when you see the Unity behind this Diversity With whom can you fight, if there's only One Contemplate! Wage the war on the mental plane Kill the ego, which breeds ignorance Seek Shanti, Abide in Shanti Om Shanti Shanti Shanti 08. For The Dying Music & lyrics by Rudra
This fear of death grips you as you approach your last hour
Can't take your possessions with you beyond The anxiety kills you beforehand The mystery of your destiny, the unseen land Forget not, you mould your destiny And that you are a child of Divinity There's no Eternal Damnation No flames can consume you You are an immortal Are you tired of this Samsara The release is ever in front of you So forget it not Another birth, another life, another Death On and on it goes till you're back home Where you merge with that One You won't burn in hell Cease this fear No flames can consume you You are the eternal (Solo: Alvin) Past memories you will not remember Could have died a thousand times before Karma is taking you round and round Destroy this impelling force This life is full of pain And you'll be back again Attain freedom through faith You know it's never too late Faith defeats fear Death is just the body's dissolution Hell is just an illusion Just seek your liberation... 09. Sin / No War Music & lyrics by Rudra
Sin
Mind your conditioned mind, which you use to judge one. Conditioned by your own ideals, you denounce the ones who differ A sinner or a saint, to be judged not by you but by a perfect one You commit the great sin by calling one a sinner Heartless and mindless, you judge, disparage and ridicule The duplicity of your unbounded love is now revealed A mindless heart and a heartless mind are of no use Let me ask you now, who is the sinner? (Solo: Burhan) Are you talking about God's plan or is it your plan for God Like you know it all, you say what's right and what's wrong Your arrogance and ignorance prove that you are an empty shell I can hear the echoes of the mutilated truths from within your mind Quick to judge, slow to think, absence of the intellect You denigrate, patronise, desecrate and chastise Your own ideals should be your judge and you the judged Have you heard this line before: "Judge not, that ye be not judged" Heartless and mindless! you judge, disparage and ridicule The duplicity of your unbounded love is now revealed A mindless heart and a heartless mind are of no use Let me ask you now, who is to repent... No War An eye for an eye Till you lose your eyes Violence begets violence You start and it never ends The weak can't resist the urge to retaliate The strong shall endure the pain with repose Peace! No War You want to conquer the world But not yourself What have you gained when the one Closest to you is far away Coward! Accept the fact Weakness is your god The reins are cut asunder And watch your senses flee Your mind has no control Over your worst enemy End up being a slave To your own inadequacy Immense power without aggression Slowly consuming without engagement Conquering without bloodshed With the right mindset 10. Ananda Music & lyrics by Rudra
As you seek the pleasures in life
It slowly turns into pain The titillating moments of joy Torment you till the end Can't stand the test of time? The ways of the world are so sublime The cycle of rise and falls Makes you go out of line Trying to satisfy this insatiable hunger But all your attempts turn futile The desire to know the beyond That makes your life so profound The apparent needs lose its nobility The ecstasy you seek is your innate seed If you want full control Dive deep into your soul Drown in the ocean of Ananda No sense of time and space Knowledge is now bestowed Taste this divine nectar, Ananda Feel the Bliss Brahmananda,Vidyananda Omkarananda, Paramananda Feel the vibrations of the sacred syllable Feel the transcendence of your inner nature Beyond both pleasure and pain Beyond Time and space It is within and without Lust after That Brahmananda Feel the Bliss! Vidyananda Feel the Bliss! Omkarananda Feel the Bliss! Paramananda Feel the Bliss! |