TANTRIC LOVE


by Antonio Gomes, MD



The bedroom, an incandescent temple
Purified with jasmine, water and rose
Marigolds offered sun gold to the gods
Mists of holy incense, perfumed the air

They sat on the floor covered with veils
The candle light was agni in their eyes
She poured sand into a humble earthen bowl
He stuck a stone - the lingam from his home

Man and woman - Shiva and Shakti
Two worlds longing to be: O n e
Hands weaving in the places of pleasure
Lingum to Yoni, goddess to the god

And then she said: "I honor you, earthly
manifestation of the Great Shiva" and he
said: "I honor you earthly manifestation
of Shakti, Mother of Myriad Things."

In Sunyata they interlocked as one

Notes::  Agni: fire (transl. From the Sanskrit). Sunyata: In Tantric Buddhism and Hinduism, the union of Karuna (masculine side of reality) and Prajna (the feminine) is sunyata.