Future of Love & Sex Poem — Marc Gafni

Two Offerings:

Isaac of Acre, 13th Century Kabbalist:

“Whoever has not Desired a Woman is like an Ass and even less than an Ass,
For it is from the Sexual that one Understands Divine Service.”

From Ikkyu, 14th century Zen Master:

With a young beauty, sporting in deep love play;
We sit in the pavilion, a pleasure girl and this
Zen Monk
Enraptured by hugs and kisses
I certainly don’t feel as if I am burning in Hell…

Rinzai’s disciples never got the Zen Message,
But I, the blind donkey know the truth:
Love play can make you immortal.
The autumn breeze of a single night of love is
Better then a hundred thousand years of
Sterile sitting meditation

Stilted Koans and convoluted answers are all monks have
Pandering endlessly to officials and rich patrons.
Good friends of the Dharma, so proud, let me
Tell you,
A brothel girl in gold brocade is worth more
Than any of you…

Enter a Brothel and great wisdom will
Explode upon you
Manjushri should have let Ananda enjoy
Himself in the Whorehouse…
Now he will never know the joys of elegant
Love play

(posted by Marc Gafni)