Mother Ganga
Cleanse my body
Of my daily toil
Mother Ganga
Cleanse my spirit
Of my transgressions
Mother Ganga
Accept my ashes
Carry me to nirvana
Tag: Hinduism
The Infinity Beyond My Ken
Possibilities
The ways of being
I cannot comprehend
The ways of being
I cannot comprehend
Exploring the infinity
Beyond my ken
What I love most about existence
Little Buddha Selfie
The countenance of a buddha
The presence for a selfie
The presentation for an FB world
The presence for a selfie
The presentation for an FB world
Five Priests
Five priests
Raise fire
Into night
Raise fire
Into night
On Ganga banks
At Shiva’s
Light
Where people come
To see
The sight
Some pray
Some pay
In boats
Packed tight
Aum
Aum
I sing
From deep within
I sing
From deep within
Aum
The sound
Resonates
Like kundalini
When spirit rises
Energy of life
And being
Fire ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #82
Every night
The aarti fire
Five priests
Pay homage
To Shiva’s gifts
While one boy
In their shadow
Shines bright
The aarti fire
Five priests
Pay homage
To Shiva’s gifts
While one boy
In their shadow
Shines bright
Spirits Cleansed
They come to bathe
In waters pure
Then, with spirits cleansed
They dry their saris
Upon the steps
Which bore them down
To Mother Ganga’s shore
In waters pure
Then, with spirits cleansed
They dry their saris
Upon the steps
Which bore them down
To Mother Ganga’s shore
Devotion
I wonder
Sometimes
At my devotions
Sometimes
At my devotions
Could I have been better
At this or at that
Had I offered more devotion
But of all the this
And all the that
Just two devotions have mattered
Fire, flowers and flow
In the moonlit night
Release flowers and fire
Into Ganga’s flow
Release flowers and fire
Into Ganga’s flow
For pilgrims and believers
A gift to Ganga, river goddess
Holy of holies
Source and purifier
Bhagwan on the Ganga Banks
Saffron
Colour of fire
Bringer of light
Burn away ignorance
Flame of insight
Colour of fire
Bringer of light
Burn away ignorance
Flame of insight
Saffron
Colour of purity
Symbol of abstinence
Purge the tainted
Cleansing ritual