From the editors of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems comes a true gift to the lover in all of us. Love sustains our passions and yearnings, holds us in times of joy and loss, nourishes our hearts, and melts our fears. It opens us to our deepest self and releases us into the embrace of the infinite.
This powerful, reflective collection is filled with mystical insights into love. In these 108 poems, great poets, saints, sages, mystics, and artists across cultures give voice to the eternal presence of love. Together, the poems reveal a fuller story, inviting us to discover the inner essence of love within us. Over the ages, the number 108 has symbolized our hidden connections with the sacred. In Mala of Love, 108 poems reveal that love is the path to greater unity and peace. From the editors of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems comes a true gift to the lover in all of us. Love sustains our passions and yearnings, holds us in times of joy and loss, nourishes our hearts, and melts our fears. It opens us to our deepest self and releases us into the embrace of the infinite. In these 108 poems, great poets, saints, sages, mystics, and artists across cultures give voice to the eternal presence of love.
"An utterly ravishing book of love poems - a slim volume that reverberates with the mysteries of the human heart."
- Stephen Cope, author of The Great Work of Your Life
"A spectacular collection of poems that trigger inspiration and a deep knowing of our true nature. A beautiful gift to the world!"
- Lama Tsultrim Allione, author of Feeding Your Demons
"In an age of boundaries being frantically drawn and redrawn in the name of self-preservation, this book lovingly reminds us of the boundless."
- BJ Miller, executive director of the Zen Hospice Project
"Fluid. Inspirational. Divine....Required reading in these troubled times."
- Shobhaa De, columnist and novelist
"With an incredibly varied assortment of authors and poetic forms, this collection wraps the heart in words of comfort, joy, wonder, and the many faces of love. Each page is an invitation to explore who, how, and why we love and how to express it in so many beautiful ways."
- David Lurey, international yoga teacher and musician
"A rare gem of a book. It will become one of your wise, lifelong companions of the heart, its pages worn and faded by use and time, and its every word, every bead, still possessing the power to make your heart ring like a bell."
- Kirsten Deleo, teacher of Contemplative End-of-Life Care
"Luminous indeed! These are poems to roar to the sky, to offer to each other, to read silently when we need nourishment. Each lyrical bead in this mala brings us closer to knowing ourselves and all beings as divine expressions of love. What a joy to enter into this ecstatic conversation. I want to give this book to everyone."
- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, author of The Miracle Already Happening: Everyday life with Rumi, Colorado's Western Slope Poet Laureate
Ravi Nathwani lectures on the Bhagavad Gita, consciousness, and Vedanta in the United States and Mexico. He taught at Tufts University from 1998 to 2013 and also at JFK University.
Kate Vogt writes and lectures on topics that engage others in timeless wisdom in the Yoga Sutras and other texts. Her articles, courses, and presentations include "There Is No Place Like Om," "Seeing Beneath the Surface," "Yoga to Calm the Mind," and "Knowing Nature."
Ravi and Kate are the editors of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems
