Cleansing of Body and Mind- the Indian Way- An Alouette

Cleansing of body and mind- the Indian Way- An Alouette For any Hindu Bathing in Sindhu Or Ganga thought to be pure On fetes, on deaths Tilak on foreheads To meditate for mind’s cure Indian Brahmins In temple domains Recite mantras while bathing Then a marjanam Followed by japam Trikal Sandhya with chanting ============================ Sindhu and Ganga – the names of rivers of India Marjanam means- Sprinking water around to purify the place. Japam means - chanting of the Goddess Gayatri Mantras Trikal Sandhya means- Tri means three times. Kal means time and Sandhya meaning controlling the breathe as we do in Yoga. Sandhya means- meaning “UNION” of day and night dawn and dusk, noon is considered the third juncture of the day, and hence meditations and prayers are performed daily three times. **The Alouette was created by Jan Turner. It consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, with the following set rules: Meter: 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7 Rhyme Scheme: a, a, b, c, c, b Alouette means a "skylark" The form is not available on PS