“The body is God,
the body is the temple,
the body is the worshipper,
the body is the sacred shrine.
The body is the incense,
the lamp, the sacred offerings;
it is the body I worship
with broken petals.
After searching
all the world,
it was in the body
I found all the treasure
of the world.
Nothing is born,
nothing dies –
such is Ram’s light.
What is contained
in the universe
is also contained
in the body:
whatever you seek,
you shall find.
Pipa says, He is Primal Matter;
the true guru will show this.”
Raga Dhanashri by Pipa, 15th century India, translated by Nirmal Dass
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