What Is Worship? Who Are This Man Poem by Lalleshwari

What Is Worship? Who Are This Man



What is worship? Who are this man
and this woman bringing flowers?

What kinds of flowers should be brought,
and what streamwater poured over the images?

Real worship is done by the mind
(Let that be a man) and by the desire
(Let that be a woman). And let those two
choose what to sacrifice.

There is a liquid that can be released
from under the mask of the face,
a nectar which when it rushes down
gives discipline and strength.

Let that be your sacred pouring,
Let your worship song be silence.

[Taken from Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern]

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Manonton Dalan 13 January 2016

dedication truthness of worship

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Michael Silver 13 July 2012

I really like this. Very indepth.

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Pandrethan, Srinagar, Kashmir / India
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