"Oh, dear, now the kingly monsoon is onset with its clouds containing raindrops, as its ruttish elephants in its convoy, and with skyey flashes of lighting as i
This we have now
is not imagination.
_*Original*_: Urdu
lab pe aatii hai duaa banake tamannaa merii
Do not leave me alone, a helpless woman.
My strength, my crown,
She bids the herds bound sportive o'er the meads,
And with glad songs awakes the joyous grove,
WHEN He Himself reveals Himself, Brahma brings into manifestation That which can never be seen.
As the seed is in the plant, as the shade is in the tree, as th
Elevation bestows the sky's nearness to my abode
A despondent highway is stretched,
its eyes set on the far horizon
I have found a guru in Raidas, he has
given me the pill of knowledge.
O my mind,
Worship the lotus feet of the Indestructible One!
I saw myself in a wide green garden, more beautiful than I could begin to understand. In this garden was a young girl. I said to her, "How wonderful this place
Inspired by the letters of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Wishing for the roses of your lips
O HOW may I ever express that secret word?
O how can I say He is not like this, and He is like that?
by Kabir
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Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion
Thus did Radha and Krishna feel in their hearts the transports of first love. Their eyes spoke to each other the language of deep love and there was no need for
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river
moving in you, a joy.
A certain person came to the Friend's door
and knocked.
We do not get a human life
Just for the asking.
251.
Are you depressed? Then take of bhang one grain,
I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The works
that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.
The plums tasted
sweet to the unlettered desert-tribe girl-
The life brought me so I came; the death takes me away so I go
Neither I came on my own nor I go with my will
The one I was searching for on the earth and in heaven
Appeared residing in the recesses of my own heart
Eyes ravished with rapture, celestially panting, what passionate bosoms aflaming with fire
Drink deep of the hush of the hyac
And silver lillies fill their cups with dews;
Flora for thee the laughing fields perfumes,
All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
WITHIN this earthen vessel are bowers and groves, and within it is the Creator:
Within this vessel are the seven oceans and the unnumbered stars.
In love, aside from sipping the wine of timelessness,
nothing else exists.
Seeing Radha stand alone, Krishna came from behind and blindfolded her with his hands. But his hands could not fully cover her large and elongated vivacious eye
see so deeply within myself.
Not needing my eyes, I can see everything clearly.
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