The Two Hands of Grace
Poetic RenderingWith a bowl of milk in one hand,and a staff of discipline in the other,the Jangama comes to me as fatherfeeding with love,guiding with firmness.He is the living shrine…
The Urgency of Now
Poetic RenderingWhy wait? Why wander in delay?Before this body hardens like unripe fruit,taste the sweetness of truth now.Life is a spark hidden in a dying emberbefore it cools to ash,…
The All Consuming Radiance
Poetic RenderingWherever I turn my eyes,Your radiance meets me first.In joy, in sorrow,in the quiet chambers of thoughtonly You shine.How can darkness standbefore the face of the sun?So too, when…
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The Cosmic Body of God
Poetic RenderingWherever I turn,only You shine before me.Eyes of every creature are Your eyes,faces in all directions are Your face.The hands that hold the world,the feet that steady the earthall…
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The Final Surrender
Poetic RenderingWhen my heart is full,when my mind is clear,when my tongue ripens in Your songthen, Father, pour into methe nectar of Your name.Let this blooming heartsoften, fall,and become dustat…
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The Eternal Fragrance
Poetic RenderingSome say I am born,some say I die but in birth I drinkthe water of Your sacred feet,and in death I fallto rest upon them.What matters where a tree…
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The Final Breath of Surrender
Poetic RenderingLet troubles come as they willI shall not fear.Let my bones tremble,let my nerves quiver,let my breath falterI shall not fear.Even if this headis severed and falls to the…
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God’s Flute
Poetic RenderingLord, make my body Your flute.Let my head become Your single-stringed bow,my nerves the stretched and trembling strings,my fingers the living plectrum in Your hand.Play upon me, Lord,as the…
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The Ripening Fruit
Poetic RenderingMy gain and loss are Yours,my rise and my ruin are Yours,my honor and my shame are Yours.Like a fruit ripening on the vineonly by the sun’s grace,so does…
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The Witness of Humility
Poetic RenderingNone is smaller than I am,none greater than the devotees of Shiva.Your feet bear witness to this,and my own heart affirms it.This alone is truth,O Koodalasangamadeva. Basavanna declares the…