The Final Surrender

Poetic RenderingFor this body’s needs,grant me just enough to live byonly by Your grace, O Lord.For the ways of the worldand its daily dealings,let Your compassion sustain me.Whether youth or…

Maheshwara - Aikya AIKYA

Poetic RenderingLike the silkworm, O Lord,You spin the universe from Your very being.No loom, no weaver, no spindleonly Your essence, flowering into worlds.From Yourself You give,within Yourself You nurture,and to…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Sacred Branding

Poetic RenderingHair, finger, shoulderthis body may bathe in sacred watersand boast, “I have crossed the stream,”but how can I believe its purity?O Lord, make me suchthat I seek no other…

Aikya - Prasadi PRASADI

The Indwelling Sovereign

Poetic RenderingIf God were in stone, I would worship the mountain.If God were in wood, I would worship the forest.If God were in copper, I would polish the metal.If God…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Company of the True

Poetic RenderingIf a man with anger burning in his heartpours water upon the Linga,it is like blood dripping from an open wound.If one steeped in sin offers a flower,it is…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Threefold Wisdom

Poetic RenderingThe singer is not thereby wise;the clever talker is not thereby wise.Wisdom is not born in the tongueit lives in the heartsteadfast in its trust in the Linga.Wise is…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Trinitarian Offering

Poetic RenderingTo the Guru, I surrender this bodylet every act learn its rightful way.To the Linga, I surrender my mindlet every thought fall into sacred stillness.To the Jangama, I surrender…

Maheshwara - Aikya AIKYA

The Fire of Transmission

Poetic RenderingThis is the true bond of Guru and disciplethe Guru walks ahead,leaving the disciple to rise in his own flame.Hear me, O Kudalasangama!Like bamboo thrust deep into burning embers,the…

Aikya - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Nature of Longing

Poetic RenderingThe radiant bird pines for moonlightwithout its glow, its colors fall into darkness.The lotus waits with folded palmsfor dawn to open its hidden splendor.The bee trembles in longingfor the…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Sufficiency of Sacred Company

Poetic RenderingThe cool moonlight that ripens my Kayakawhy should I crave a brighter moon?In the company of sharanas,where the Linga flowers in my very palm,why should I wander elsewhere in…