In The Cloud
In the cloud raindrops swirl,
In the mind – thoughts.
Ha! There is no rainmaker!
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 11
The Flames Of Love
Let the flames of Love cleanse you
Of all clinging to illusion.
Let Love illumine the Truth.
Love is the most precious gift.
Love is the most sublime path.
Love is the most profound meditation.
Love is the highest attainment.
In Love – the fullness of compassion.
In Love – timeless patience.
In Love – unbounded awareness.
In Love – all is illuminated.
In Love – vast spaciousness.
In Love – form and emptiness
embrace.
In Love – I and Thou disappear.
In Love –
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 31
Tara’s Prayer
Many pains,
one cause,
Many clouds,
one sky,
Many egos,
one Self,
Many struggles,
one release,
Many shadows,
one Light,
Many bonds,
one freedom,
Many cloths,
one weaver,
Many ages,
one eternity,
Many passions,
one Love,
Many sufferers,
one cry for compassion,
patience, and Love.
Oh Beloved Tara,
answering the cry,
let us serve ’til
all are free.
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 61
The One Beneath The Many
Many panes,
one Light,
Many teachers,
one truth,
Many rays,
one sun,
Many rivers,
one ocean,
Many deities,
one Divine,
Many flames,
one fire,
Many sights,
one seer,
Many religions,
one Presence,
Many paths,
one summit,
Many thoughts,
one Witness,
Many forms,
one Emptiness,
Many minds,
one Awareness,
Many seekers,
One Sought,
Many lovers,
one Beloved.
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 59
Clean The Mind
When soot blackens
the chimney of a lamp,
who would waste time yelling
at the flame for not shining
brightly enough?
Patiently clean the impurities
from the glass of your mind,
the brilliance and beauty of
your true nature
will illumine all around you
with the light of Love.
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 21
The Way To Peace
Take refuge in your breath,
Let go of the mind and rest
in the breath.
Like the very dearest of friends,
Your breath has accompanied you
through all the pains, sorrows
and joys of your life.
Take refuge in your breath,
With loving attention follow
its every movement,
Unravel the mystery of where
the breath finds repose.
Listen with rapt attention
to your dear friend,
The breath has been speaking to you
since you were born,
Discover the mantra it whispers
to you continuously,
Affirming the infinitude of your Being,
HAMSA is the ground on which this
mad dance of existence pounds on…
Unravel the mystery of where
mantra arises,
and where it dissolves.
Abide in Stillness –
the refuge of the breath,
the source of mantra,
the womb of all,
where form and emptiness embrace,
where Truth alone is revealed,
where Love dissolves the illusion
of differences.
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 57
Take Refuge in Silence
All sound arises out of Silence
and dissolves into Silence.
All thought arises out of Silence
and dissolves into Silence.
The universe arises out of Silence
and dissolves into Silence.
Suffering arises out of Silence
and dissolves into Silence.
The unbounded spaciousness
of Silence,
filled with the clear light
of Awareness,
dissolves the roots of pain
and sorrow.
Take refuge in Silence and know
unshakeable joy.
Kalidas
Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 55