Comments on: Lover & Beloved – 3. A Taste of Bhakti http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Fri, 24 May 2013 20:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: narinder http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3698 narinder Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:26:39 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3698 dear Ivan, thank you for Jayadeva'a poem, and the hearts joy in love that you express in your commentaries ........ To Krishna ....... Beloved Krishna In the game of twoness You have smiled as One-ness. And In the bliss of one-ness You have danced as two-ness! Loving, Govinda, is real; You and I false You are false, Govinda, You are false You do not exist, nor I Only Love exists. When I say ‘I love You Govinda’, why do you smile? Love is real Love alone is real And In its mad dance of loving It chooses to become for one moment You , The Lord of Lords And I, Your eternal plaything, your slave, your beloved Pining and yearning for You Ecstatically seeking oblivion In Your look In Your smile In your touch. AUM narinder bhandari ( narinder_bhandari@yahoo.co.in ) dear Ivan,

thank you for Jayadeva’a poem, and the hearts joy in love that you express in your commentaries ……..

To Krishna …….

Beloved Krishna
In the game of twoness
You have smiled as One-ness.
And
In the bliss of one-ness
You have danced as two-ness!
Loving, Govinda, is real; You and I false
You are false, Govinda, You are false
You do not exist, nor I
Only Love exists.

When I say ‘I love You Govinda’, why do you smile?
Love is real
Love alone is real
And
In its mad dance of loving
It chooses to become for one moment
You , The Lord of Lords
And I, Your eternal plaything, your slave, your beloved
Pining and yearning for You
Ecstatically seeking oblivion
In Your look
In Your smile
In your touch.

AUM

narinder bhandari

( narinder_bhandari@yahoo.co.in )

]]> By: Jim Atwell http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3697 Jim Atwell Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:03:23 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3697 Tangled Forms My passion abounds My form entwines I seep into your soul Around and around Let us play with our oneness On planets and space Let us Love one another With passions in place Let us merge into oneness We may loose our place For sometimes I can’t tell Where I am in this place My form entwines passion And form all around Let us make Love together Our passions abound. Much Love Jim Atwell Tangled Forms

My passion abounds
My form entwines
I seep into your soul
Around and around
Let us play with our oneness
On planets and space
Let us Love one another
With passions in place
Let us merge into oneness
We may loose our place
For sometimes I can’t tell
Where I am in this place
My form entwines passion
And form all around
Let us make Love together
Our passions abound.

Much Love
Jim Atwell

]]> By: Helen Roberts http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3693 Helen Roberts Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:24:18 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3693 Share my thoughts on this note? I don't know that I dare...... This poetry, more than other forms for me, reflects the longing for the Beloved in ways that conjour up the intense passion of the physical realm without losing the spiritual, emotional and mental aspects. If I tried to make any further comment I would not, I think, be able to hold that balance - it would just sound mainly erotic. I really honour the Vaisnava Krishna devotees. I had some precious friends many years ago who were devotees and they were extremely beautiful outstanding people. I was very young and did not understand them properly. I hope they know how much I still love and thank them for all they taught me - even though it took years for it to sink in and mature in me. Thank you Ivan for this very special selection. I hope you and Michelle are very well. Love, Helen Share my thoughts on this note? I don’t know that I dare……

This poetry, more than other forms for me, reflects the longing for the Beloved in ways that conjour up the intense passion of the physical realm without losing the spiritual, emotional and mental aspects. If I tried to make any further comment I would not, I think, be able to hold that balance – it would just sound mainly erotic.

I really honour the Vaisnava Krishna devotees. I had some precious friends many years ago who were devotees and they were extremely beautiful outstanding people. I was very young and did not understand them properly. I hope they know how much I still love and thank them for all they taught me – even though it took years for it to sink in and mature in me.

Thank you Ivan for this very special selection. I hope you and Michelle are very well. Love, Helen

]]> By: Jim Atwell http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3692 Jim Atwell Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3692 Does passion travel but one way? Is the earth plane just a one way ticket to eternity? Perhaps the Divine has a commuter pass and Comes and goes as She pleases. We are living in the loins of Divinity, The bedroom of passion, Come, play with me, merge with me, be me, I am you. We can clap our hands together and celebrate our oneness. Perhaps the children won’t hear. Much love Jim Atwell Does passion travel but one way?
Is the earth plane just a one way ticket to eternity?
Perhaps the Divine has a commuter pass and
Comes and goes as She pleases.
We are living in the loins of Divinity,
The bedroom of passion,
Come, play with me, merge with me, be me,
I am you.
We can clap our hands together and celebrate our oneness.
Perhaps the children won’t hear.

Much love
Jim Atwell

]]> By: Amiya Chatterjee http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3689 Amiya Chatterjee Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:29:43 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/02/18/lover-beloved-3-a-taste-of-bhakti/#comment-3689 LOVER AND BELOVED A big hug Ivan for your contribution about the Vaishnav approach to the LILA of Radha and Krishna.Joydeva, Chandidas were just few of the great poets who composed songs on the love of Radha and Krihna. From ancient times the love of Radha and krishna had been the theme of innumerable plays, songs ,religious festivals folk dramas (JATRA) in india specially in villages. But I have another way of loking at the whole episode of love of Radha and Krishna.You have touched the point in your writing .I am just going to elaborate on that. You see RADHHA is the symbol of everything finite,everything visible,audible, everything limited. Krishna is the symbol of infinite,invisible ,inaudible ,unlimited. Everything finite is longing to merge into the infinity.Infinity's language of inviting the finite towards HIM is the tune of the flute.When the finiite hears the call he or she ignores all obstruction of the earthly attraction and rush to merge with te infiniity.Could we consider LIFE as Radha and Death as KRISHNA.Are we not longing for that final union since the creation ? LOVER AND BELOVED

A big hug Ivan for your contribution about the Vaishnav approach to the LILA of Radha and Krishna.Joydeva, Chandidas were just few of the great poets who composed songs on the love of Radha and Krihna. From ancient times the love of Radha and krishna had been the theme of innumerable plays, songs ,religious festivals
folk dramas (JATRA) in india specially in villages.

But I have another way of loking at the whole episode of love of Radha and Krishna.You have touched the point in your writing .I am just going to elaborate on that.
You see RADHHA is the symbol of everything finite,everything visible,audible, everything limited. Krishna is the symbol of infinite,invisible ,inaudible ,unlimited.
Everything finite is longing to merge into the infinity.Infinity’s language of inviting the finite towards HIM is the tune of the flute.When the finiite hears the call he or she ignores all obstruction of the earthly attraction and rush to merge with te infiniity.Could we consider LIFE as Radha and Death as KRISHNA.Are we not longing for that final union since the creation ?

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