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Passages similar to: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad — Brahmana 4
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (6.4.9)
The woman whom one may desire with the thought, ' May she enjoy love with me! ' — after coming together with her, joining mouth with mouth, and stroking her lap, he should mutter: — 'Thou that from every limb art come, That from the heart art generate, Thou art the essence of the limbs! Distract this woman here in me, As if by poisoned arrow pierced!'
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (112-121)
This is the cause of the female seeking the male, God has instilled mutual love into man and woman, Earth says to the earth of the body, "Come away,...
The Masnavi
Mahmud and Ayaz. 1 (1-11)
A loved one said to her lover to try him, Early one morning, "O such an one, son of such an one, I marvel whether you hold me more dear, Or yourself;...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 12: Of the Opening of the Holy Scripture, that the Circumstances may be highly considered. The golden Gate, which God affords to the last World, wherein the Lily shall flourish [and blossom.] (40)
Now the chaste Virgin ought to be bent into the Heart of God, and to have no Imagination to lust after the Beauty of the comely young Man; but yet...
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (152-161)
O love, love, and heart's desire of love! Let thy first boon to me be this, Though thou knowest my condition clearly, O protector of slaves, listen...
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (82-91)
When in this heart the lightning spark of love arises, When the love of God arises in thy heart, The noise of clapping of hands is never heard From on...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VIII, Khanda 2 (9)
'And he who desires the world of women, by his mere will women come to receive him, and having obtained the world of women, he is happy. 'Whatever...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (8)
The desires beget harm in this world and beyond: here, by bondage, slaughter, and loss of limb; beyond, in hell. That for the sake of which thou hast...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 12: Of the Opening of the Holy Scripture, that the Circumstances may be highly considered. The golden Gate, which God affords to the last World, wherein the Lily shall flourish [and blossom.] (42)
Then said the Spirit of Nature (viz. the young Man) My fair Pearl and Chastity, I pray thee let me enjoy thy Comfort, if thou wilt not copulate with...
The Masnavi
Prologue (41-49)
O Iover, 'twas love that gave life to Mount Sinai, When "it quaked, and Moses fell down in a swoon." Did my Beloved only touch me with his lips, I...
The Masnavi
The Lover who read Sonnets to his Mistress (Summary)
A lover was once admitted to the presence of his mistress, but, instead of embracing her, he pulled out a paper of sonnets and read them to her,...
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (1-10)
Men subdued by women's wiles. In this manner she pleaded with gentle coaxing, How could his firmness and endurance abide When even without tears she...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (78)
While it is but glimmering it is only a gentle, soft, longing delight or pleasing lust in thee, and does not consume thee; but if thou exhaltest thy...
The Masnavi
The Drunken Turkish Amir and the Minstrel (1-10)
"I know not if thou art a moon or an idol, I know not what service to pay thee, Thou art not apart from me, yet, strange to say, I know not where I...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (161)
There the Bridegroom kisseth his bride: O gracious amiable blessedness and great love! how sweet art thou? How friendly and courteous art thou? How...
The Masnavi
Bayazid and the Saint (141-150)
Behold Genus become Species in due course, Behold secrets become manifest through his light! So long as woman-like you swallow blandishments, How, O...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 53 — Vahishtoishti Gatha (7)
For while lustful desire heart-inflamed from the body there beyond goeth down where the spirit of evil reaches (to ruin, still) ye bring forth the cha...
Asclepius
Section XXI (3)
And so the consummation of this mystery, so sweet and requisite, is wrought in secret; lest, owing to the vulgar jests of ignorance, the deity of eith...
The Masnavi
Prologue (31-40)
It can hold no more than one day's store. The pitcher of the desire of the covetous never fills, The oyster-shell fills not with pearls till it is...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka I, Khanda 1 (6)
When two people come together, they fulfil each other's desire.
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXXI (3)
Never to thee presented art or nature Pleasure so great as the fair limbs wherein I was enclosed, which scattered are in earth. And if the highest...
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