Beyond Sound & Scripture: The Silence of Devotion

Poetic RenderingThey say He loves music yet He is beyond the reach of sound.They say He loves the Vedas yet no scripture binds His heart.Those who sang in vanity lost…

AIKYA

When All Actions Become Offerings

Poetic RenderingAll my acts are Yours, O Lord,my breath, my strength, my will all flow toward You.To You I offer Guru-pūjā, for You awaken wisdom.To You I perform Liṅgārcane, for…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

Equanimity The Sharana’s Freedom

Poetic RenderingSome will mock,some will praiseyet both brush only the outer skin.Some deeds bring merit,others bring blamepassing over the heartlike day following night.But the one who standsin Koodalasangamadeva,steady and awake,is…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

Beyond the Blink The Stillness Behind All Motion

Poetic RenderingIn a moment gone!In half a breath gone!Eyes close and open and the world turns to dust.Rising, falling, grasping, losingall is the shimmer of the same mirage.The wealthy man,…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Linga in the Palm: The Universe in the Self

Poetic RenderingO Lord, the bliss of Your glanceit flows through every vein like dawn of light.Your presence hums in my breath,Your touch glimmers upon each pore.Every hair upon my body…

Maheshwara - Aikya AIKYA

The Sharana: The Living Jewel of Creation

Poetic RenderingHe who worships the Linga with a heart unmoved,who walks no path but Yours, O Lord,shines like the radiant gemresting on the hood of the cosmic serpentsteady, luminous, serene.Unwavering…

Aikya - Prasadi PRASADI

When Grace Touches, The Dead Wood Blooms

Poetic RenderingWhen Your grace stirs within, O Lord,even the driest koradu woodbreaks open into leaf and life.When Your grace stirs within,a barren cow gives milk,and the bitterest poisonturns to immortal…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Three Lines of Return

Poetic RenderingFor the river, beauty is the lotus opening its soft hands.For the ocean, beauty is the rising wave, silver-crested.For woman, beauty lives in her quiet virtue and grace.For the…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Company You Keep

Poetic RenderingThe wealthy gather around kings,the devout gather around the jangama.Those trapped in lust dine at the courtesan’s table,those steeped in meat gather with the monkeys.But those who share with…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

Words Become the Mirror of the Soul

Poetic RenderingLet my speech be a garlandstrung with pearls of truth.Let it shine like the rubywarm, radiant, filled with integrity.Let it gleam like flawless crystaltransparent, un shadowed, without hidden stain.Let…