Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Temple of the Lord is beautiful. It was made by the Creator Lord.
The sun and the moon are lamps of incomparably beautiful light. Throughout the three worlds, the Infinite Light is pervading.
In the shops of the city of the body, in the fortresses and in the huts, the True Merchandise is traded.
The body as temple: sun sunder — beautiful temple. Creator-made, not human-built. The sun and moon as lamps within it — a cosmic temple lit by the solar and lunar light. The Infinite Light pervading throughout.
The shops of the city of the body (kaa-i-aa nagar) where the True Merchandise is traded: the body itself is a marketplace of spiritual commerce. This metaphor — body as city with shops, forts, and huts — is unusual and specific. Every part of the body, whether grand or humble, is part of the divine's marketplace.
How do you relate to your body as a sacred space — as something that was made, that carries light, that has a spiritual function? What would it mean to treat your body as a temple?
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