Tantric Astro · a film in one scroll
You have died more times than there are stars.
Born.
Died.
Born.
Died.
King. Slave. Mother. Murderer. Saint.
You have been all of them.
432,000 years in this age alone.
And this is only one age.
Like grain you ripen.Like grain you fall.Like grain you rise again.
Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.6
Even the ants at your feet were once kings of heaven.
The Purāṇas
And you remember none of it.
“Many lives have passed, yours and mine.”
“I remember them all.”
“You do not.”
Bhagavad Gītā 4.5
But the sky remembers.
You arrived under one of these stars.
Every time.
Like a caterpillar crossing to the next blade of grass…
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.3
…you reached for this life.
The wheel never stopped.
Every life you lived, he holds.
The sage looked inside him and saw the universe.
Tantric Astro · a film in stills
You have died more times than there are stars.
01 · Again
Born. Died. Born. Died.
King. Slave. Mother. Murderer. Saint.
You have been all of them.
01 · Again
432,000 years in this age alone.
And this is only one age.
Like grain you ripen. Like grain you fall. Like grain you rise again.
Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.6Even the ants at your feet were once kings of heaven.
The PurāṇasAnd you remember none of it.
02 · The dark
“Many lives have passed, yours and mine.”
“I remember them all. You do not.”
Bhagavad Gītā 4.503 · The sky
But the sky remembers.
You arrived under one of these stars.
Every time.
04 · The wheel
Like a caterpillar crossing to the next blade of grass…
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.3…you reached for this life.
The wheel never stopped.
05 · Nārāyaṇa
Every life you lived, he holds.
The sage looked inside him and saw the universe.
Figure traced from Viṣṇu, Tamil Nadu, early Chola, 900 to 950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.104.2, CC0.
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This life is written in the sky.
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Viṣṇu, Tamil Nadu, early Chola period, 900 to 950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1963.104.2. Open Access, CC0.