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The song Maihar Benu Aba - The Prayer of the disciple


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MACHAR  BENU ABA

 

This exercise is referred to by the Master as the Disciple’s Prayer. It should be sung with concentration, with an expression of gentleness. ‘Mahar’ means ‘great’, ‘Benu’ means ‘he who blesses’ and ‘Aba’, ‘Father of air

 

THE DARKNESS IN GLOOM

 

. , . is the second part of the exercise and is a translation of the concepts embodied in it.

 

The mystic meaning of the song is an ascent — Benu — towards the Sun of Life.

 

Aba — we have set out along a road which is pure and holy for us after living in gloom and darkness. The meaning of the Bulgarian words is as follows: -”Our life was lived in darkness and gloom, but the sun of life shone upon us and we set off on a road which is pure and holy to us.”

 

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