Ekamatram Ratnam --The one and Only Jewel (Sanskrit Chant)

The Ekamatram Ratnam or The One and Only jewel is an original contemplative Sanskrit chant, which consists of a dialogue of Krishnamurti´s Teachings with early Buddhist thinking. Its philosophical affinities will speak for themselves. The central question is compelling: If we cannot depend upon the teacher, the institution or the community to provide psychological security, what is the living essence of the Teachings or Dhamma? What remains of a teaching when the authority of the teacher, the security of the community, and the comfort of inherited beliefs are questionable? This chant begins with a stark declaration: Aye… there is no Triple Gem for us. There is neither teacher nor authority, neither institution nor community to which we can surrender the responsibility of seeing for oneself. As, such It is an inquiry into the limits of dependence: the moment when a teaching must cease to be merely something we believe, repeat or follow, and become something we examine directly in the light of our own lives. The One and Only Jewel The Triple Gem of Buddhism consists of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha: the awakened one, the teaching, and the community that preserves and practises it. In traditional Buddhism, these are fundamental refuges. Yet this chant approaches the symbolism from a different angle. What happens when even the idea of refuge is questioned? Can any teacher, however wise, remove our conditioning for us? Can a community confer understanding upon its members? Can the words of a teaching substitute for the perception to which those words point? Lyrics: ekamatram ratnam. aye..., asmakam krute trigunam ratnam nasti. na aacharyah , na adhikarah na ch sharanagatasamudayah. aam.., etat tulyarupen krooram, tapasvi, gambhiram ch asti aye.., asmakam krute trigunam ratnam nasti..., shesham kevalam upadeshah Eva.., etadev ch ekamev ratnam. etah ch shikshah kim pathayanti?.....,? "kim" ityasya udghatanam pathayati . sarvesham ch sashartaghatnanam shunyata. etat sarvam avachikarupen maunrupen ch prakashitam bhavati. ata eva sarvaratneshu bahumulyam English translation: The one and only Jewel--ekamatram ratnam. Aye..., there is no triple gem for us. There is neither teacher , nor authority And there is no community for refuge. yes.., this is fairly grim, austere and serious Aye.., there is no triple gem for us..., All that remains are the Teachings.., And this is the only single jewel. And what do these Teachings teach....? It teaches the exposure of "What is" And the emptyness of all conditioned phenomena. All this is revealed non-verbally and tacit. That is why it is the most precious of all jewels This last stanza also invokes the essential emptiness of all conditioned phenomena. This resonates with Buddhist reflections on conditioned existence, impermanence and the absence of an independent, enduring essence. However, such ideas should not be casually gathered into a single doctrine. The One and Only jewel is not that. It lives a life of its own. It is intended as a poetic composition and should not be regarded as a scholarly interpretation of a classical Buddhist text.The Buddhist understanding of conditioned formations and emptiness has its own historical and philosophical depth.