If you can sway your mind
Why must you pray to God?
If you can single out soul
Why must you nurse the body?

That the world is an illusion,
Why must you preserve things?
That the conscience is the master,
Must you fear the consequence?

Happy moments are life,
Built even on false beliefs.
Theists and atheists are alike
In their approach to life.

One is merry to eat and drink,
And the other, to starve and save.
One is merry to pray and fast,
And the other, to lick and beg.
03.01.2007

Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.

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