Guardian of the Threshold

Dhamma wheel
Prayer to Ganesha

We pray to you Ganesha, 
    Father of the Gods

Your mother is Lady Paravati,
    your father Mahadeva

We pray to you Ganesha, 
    Father of the Gods

You, with two kinds of teeth
    and four strong arms

You have vermillion on your forehead
And ride on a rat

We pray to you Ganesha,
    Father of the Gods

from: Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas

Eden Lost

How unfortunate to think
Eden forbidden and mythic. 

For any spot on Earthly sphere, 
    Not spoiled nor exploited
    by industries’ grinding gear,
        And greed’s insatiable 
        Need to exploit for gain
        Again and again,
Is Eden paradisic. 

What is this planet  Earth,
If not  a paradise in the vastness
Of empty spacial dearth.