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The Singular Want
Poetic RenderingMy body seeks nothing,my mind seeks nothingYour Sharanas ask not for the world’s passing wealth.But if ever a flicker stirs within me,a whisper of “I want… I want,”O Eternal…
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The Primal Source
Poetic RenderingYou are my father,You are my mother.You are my kin,You are my clan.Beyond You,there is no other.O Kudalasangamadevabefore You,all distinctions vanish:there is neither milk nor water,only the One without…
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The Ontology of Compassion
Poetic RenderingWhat kind of faith can it bethat carries no pulse of compassion?Compassion is the food we owe all beings,the root from which all righteousness rises.Without compassion,there is no path,…
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The Architecture of Wholeness
Poetic RenderingIn the joy of service, I beheld:I saw the Guru,I saw the Linga,I saw the Jangama,I received the Prasada.Thus, I was graced with the fourfold treasure,O Kudalasangama! This vachana…
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The Sacred Inversion
Poetic RenderingLet them not call me corrupt or impure, O Lord.Let them call me one intoxicated with the Linga,mad with love for the Jangama.Let them not accuse me of crafting…
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The Oath of Non-Duality
Poetic Renderingif ever I let division enter my sight,if I see one as high-born and another as low-born,then let it be known: I have strayed from Your truth.Among those who…
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The Fidelity of Transformation
Poetic RenderingThere is but Onethough the world calls Him by a thousand names.As a devoted wife clings to her single beloved,so must the heart cling to the One Divine.If she…
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The Topography of the Awakened Heart
Poetic RenderingIs heaven somewhere above,and hell somewhere far below?Is there another world beyond this world?No where the heart is filled with Shiva’s presence,there is the true Paradise.Where a Sharana breathes,there…
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The Currency of the Liberated Soul
Poetic RenderingTo be pure in one’s wealth,to be fearless in one’s lifewhat treasure surpasses these?Yet see the ways of the world, Lord:the wealth gained through secrecy and hoardingis shunned by…
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My hands, the cradle of the Cosmos
Poetic RenderingGraceful in gait,graceful in speech,graceful wherever he movesgraceful among the companions of Shiva,graceful even among the ancients of old.Like ambali, the humble millet brothsimple, fermented, revealing hidden sweetnessso is…