O My Mind
"The oldest living city in the world".
I took this picture from a boat on the middle of river Ganga on the 1st of January in Varanasi (Benaras).
I am using the title of a Bhakti poem which suits my image well.
A significant element in India's spiritual and poetic life is the devotional bhakti tradition of Vishnava Hinduism.
The great Bhakti poets such as Mirabai, Sri Chaitanya, Ramprasad Sen and Kamalakanta used poetry to express their overwhelming devotion and love for their chosen deity (often Krishna or Mother Kali)
To Mirabai nothing else mattered apart from worshipping her beloved - Krishna
"O My Mind" by Mirabai:
O my mind,
Worship the lotus feet of the Indestructible One!
Whatever thou seest twixt earth and sky
Will perish.
Why undertake fasts and pilgrimages?
Why engage in philosophical discussions?
Why commit suicide in Banaras?
Take no pride in the body,
It will soon be mingling with the dust.
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O My Mind
"The oldest living city in the world".
I took this picture from a boat on the middle of river Ganga on the 1st of January in Varanasi (Benaras).
I am using the title of a Bhakti poem which suits my image well.
A significant element in India's spiritual and poetic life is the devotional bhakti tradition of Vishnava Hinduism.
The great Bhakti poets such as Mirabai, Sri Chaitanya, Ramprasad Sen and Kamalakanta used poetry to express their overwhelming devotion and love for their chosen deity (often Krishna or Mother Kali)
To Mirabai nothing else mattered apart from worshipping her beloved - Krishna
"O My Mind" by Mirabai:
O my mind,
Worship the lotus feet of the Indestructible One!
Whatever thou seest twixt earth and sky
Will perish.
Why undertake fasts and pilgrimages?
Why engage in philosophical discussions?
Why commit suicide in Banaras?
Take no pride in the body,
It will soon be mingling with the dust.
Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography
© All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved.
Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use).
The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences.