Celebration and restraint SADHANA TATTVA ( A repost )

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hey colin,

 

once again, accept my humble salutations, my upa-guru! it was you who

introduced kanhapada to the members here in the ex shakti sadhana

club- at that time we were celebrating the poet kanhapada's love for

a washer-woman called dombi and it is you again who has introduced

the great tantrik poet chandidas of sahajiya cult to the members

here...

 

here is how chandidas declares his love for the washer-woman Rami....

 

 

"O my love! I have taken refuge at any feet, knowing they have a

cooling effect (on my burning heart). I adore your beauty beaming

with holy maidenhood, which inspires no carnal desire. When I do not

see you, my mind becomes restless; and as I see you, my heart is

soothed. O Washerwoman, my lady, you are to me what parents are too

helpless children. The three prayers that a Brahmin offers daily to

his God, I offer to you.

 

You are to me as holy as Gayatri from which the Vedas originated. I

know you to be the goddess Saraswati who inspires songs. I know you

to be the goddess Parvati, the goddess of the mountains.You are the

garland of my neck, myheaven and earth, my nether worlds, nay, my

whole universe! You are the star of my eyes. With out you all is dark

to me.

 

My eyes are soothed when I see you. The day I do not see your moon-

like face, I remain like a dead man. I cannot, for a moment, forget

your grace and beauty. O, tell me how I may deserve your favor! You

are my sacred hymns and the essence of my prayers. My love for your

maidenly beauty has not any element of physical desire in it. Says

Chandidas, the love of the washerwoman is pure gold tested by touch-

stone."

 

so, in the bengal of those days, it was shocking to see a high-caste

brahmin professing his pure and chaste love for a low caste washer-

woman rami in this fashion... some people were no doubt outraged but

by the same token it also paved the way for a more 'liberal' view on

love and women...

 

in fact, the songs of chandidas were very popular with the members

of brahmo samaj and i it is believed shri rabindranath tagore drew

his inspiration from chandidas's works.

 

 

colin, lord dattatreya, the avaduta , who authored 'tripura' rahasya

was also known for his unconventional views on his love for

women...in fact, he named a 'prostitute' as one of his 24 upagurus...

 

so, to each his or her own.... since tantra is about 'expanding and

liberating ' one's cosciousness , whatever it takes... so be it!!!!

at one end of the spectrum you have saints like shri ramakrishna and

at the other end you have unconventional sahajiya tantriks like

chandidas.

 

 

thank you once again, colin...

 

btw- the web address you have given is not accessible... pl check it

and post the correct one!!!

 

your altar seems to resemble the altar of KAULA? SMILES...

 

 

love