Conquer Death

This body is the city of Brahman.
In the heart of this city,
There is a little space shaped like a lotus,
Within which he lives.
Find him and realize him.

What is there to find? For what reason?

That little space within the heart is as large as the
Infinite universe outside; the heaven and the earth.
Fire and wind, the sun and the moon,
Lightning and the stars all are contained in it.

If you say, "What happens to all beings, all desires,
All that exists in it, when old age comes, decay begins
And the body dissolves in death?"

When old age comes and body decays, this reality
Within the body does not decay.
When the body dies This does not die.
This space inside the body is in truth the city of Brahman.
Brahman lives here as the inner Self of all beings.
He is beyond sin
And sorrow, old age and death,
Beyond all hunger and thirst. All selfless desires are
Contained in him and he fulfills all desires that are right.
Here on earth people do what they are told to do by others
Or are led by the customs, traditions and law of the land
Or they do what they want to do, be it ruling a country
Or owning a piece of land.
Earthly pleasures are finite, after reaching a point
They come to an end, so are the pleasures of heaven.
Those who die without realizing their real Self,
The divinity within, have no freedom and no peace
In life or death. But those who have realized the Self,
Are ever free both here and hereafter,
They get what they truly desire.

Our selfless desires are covered by selfish ones
And for this we do not have this power: therefore, when
Our loved ones die we cannot see them again.
All desires, whether to see our loved ones who are alive
Or dead or to acquire objects hard to get, are fulfilled
When we realize the Self in meditation, entering the lotus
Of the heart where the Lord lives.
(The objects of all desires are given by the Lord
Who dwells within, being concealed by our vain desires
And selfish preoccupations.)

Like a person who walks on the ground but does not
Know the gold that lies underneath, day after day
We come in touch with the Lord in deep sleep,
But we do not know him.

The Self dwells in the lotus of the heart and for this
He is known as the Lord of the heart. A sage knows this
And in meditation he visits this temple in the heart,
Day after day he enjoys the kingdom of heaven inside.