Always Blissful Mother
by Kamlalakanta Chakrabarti
Mother, you’re always blissful.
You charmed destructive Shiva,
you dance in your own joy,
and clap your hands to keep time.
O Elemental, Eternal One!
Your form is empty space,
yet the moon adorns your brow.
Where did you get your garland of severed heads,
before the universe came into being?
You are the operator,
and we nothing but machines
that run by your rule.
We stay where you put us,
and say what you make us say.
Cursing you, O Destructive One,
restless Kamlalakanta says:
With the sword in your hand
you’ve slaughtered my faith
together with my disbelief.
The ground is damp with liquid marrow—
Skeletal ghouls with sunken eyes
jostle and elbow—
looking furtively around them
extinguishing the fires
with gleeful hearts
they eat half-burned corpses—
There, in that menacing forest
holding fire in his hand
dances our beautiful lord.
-Karaikkal Ammeiyar, a sixth century female poet-devotee of Lord Shiva, one of the 63 Nayanar Saints
(Vidya Dehejia, Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India, 1990)
Nandi at Shiva Temple at Shri Adhya Katyani Shakti Peeth Mandir, the second largest temple complex in India.
in six weeks this Nandi will go whisper in that Nandi’s ears!
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
Namaste, friends! I’d like to present an opportunity for us to come together as a single body:
For the rest of the month of August, anyone who makes a donation of any size to help Send Nandi to India will receive a physical hold-it-in-yr-hands-and-smile world pulse tumblr post in the mail!
I think this could be a really fun way for us to connect as a community of spiritual beings. When you receive your personalized postcard w/ relevant quote (much like the majority of my posts here), you could even scan and post it here on tumblr - or just hoard its beauty and wisdom for yourself. ;)
Simply email your mailing address to nandikesha (at) gmail (dot) com once you’ve made your donation and I will put you on the list of people I will be sending postcards to from India.
It is often hard for me to ask for help, and while I do not want to be a source of annoyance on your dashboard, I really do need your support to make this pilgrimage possible. If even half of you choose to donate just $5, I know that I would my reach my goal of going to India, walking “In the Footsteps of Ma,” and bringing all of you along with me via my yatra website.
Thank you for reading this and for all donations received thusfar!
Love,
Nandi
Namaste, friends! I’d like to present an opportunity for us to come together as a single body:
For the rest of the month of August, anyone who makes a donation of any size to help Send Nandi to India will receive a physical hold-it-in-yr-hands-and-smile world pulse tumblr post in the mail!
I think this could be a really fun way for us to connect as a community of spiritual beings. When you receive your personalized postcard w/ relevant quote (much like the majority of my posts here), you could even scan and post it here on tumblr - or just hoard its beauty and wisdom for yourself. ;)
Simply email your mailing address to nandikesha (at) gmail (dot) com once you’ve made your donation and I will put you on the list of people I will be sending postcards to from India.
It is often hard for me to ask for help, and while I do not want to be a source of annoyance on your dashboard, I really do need your support to make this pilgrimage possible. If even half of you choose to donate just $5, I know that I would my reach my goal of going to India, walking “In the Footsteps of Ma,” and bringing all of you along with me via my yatra website.
Thank you for reading this and for all donations received thusfar!
Love,
Nandi
Namaste, friends! I’d like to present an opportunity for us to come together as a single body:
For the rest of the month of August, anyone who makes a donation of any size to help Send Nandi to India will receive a physical hold-it-in-yr-hands-and-smile world pulse tumblr post in the mail!
I think this could be a really fun way for us to connect as a community of spiritual beings. When you receive your personalized postcard w/ relevant quote (much like the majority of my posts here), you could even scan and post it here on tumblr - or just hoard its beauty and wisdom for yourself. ;)
Simply email your mailing address to nandikesha (at) gmail (dot) com once you’ve made your donation and I will put you on the list of people I will be sending postcards to from India.
It is often hard for me to ask for help, and while I do not want to be a source of annoyance on your dashboard, I really do need your support to make this pilgrimage possible. If even half of you choose to donate just $5, I know that I would my reach my goal of going to India, walking “In the Footsteps of Ma,” and bringing all of you along with me via my yatra website.
Thank you for reading this and for all donations received thusfar!
Love,
Nandi
Shiva Bearing the Descent of the Ganges River as Parvati, Nandikesha and Bhagiratha look, folio from a Hindi manuscript by the saint Narayan, circa 1740.
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
Hello dear tumblr friends! After a lot of time and hard work I am excited to present you with my India pilgrimage blog/donation site. I feel so thankful to connect with you through this medium and share in the beauty and inspiration we find all around us. I intend to bring this same spirit to theworldpulse.com as I document the unfolding of my pilgrimage to India and I want to bring you along with me.
Any way you can help make this journey possible for me is unspeakably appreciated. Bookmark or subscribe to the site for updates and I will continue to post updates of my progress here on tumblr as well. Please reblog and share theworldpulse.com widely. If you would like to help by posting a link to my site in your posts or on your tumblr site/facebook/etc, copy and paste the following html code:
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Thank you so much for your help.
in Ma’s Love,
Nandi
