The Divine Substance

Birth, and copulation, and death.
That`s all, that`s all, that`s all, that`s all,
Birth, and copulation, and death.
-- T.S.Elliot

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When the divine life substance is about to put forth the universe,
the cosmic waters grow a thousand-petaled lotus of pure gold,
radiant as the sun.

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Padmapani - Lotus in Hand
She exhibits her breasts with the familiar maternal gesturel;
they are the source of the abundant milk that gives life
to the universe and its beings.
The right hand is held downward in varadamudra,
"gesture of granting gifts",
while the left holds up the lotus symbol.

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