The Song of the One Without a Second
Poetic RenderingOne earth the altar for all temples,for no place stands holier than the ground beneath your feet.One water that cleanses all,for purity flows not from the river, but from…
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The Broken Grain and the Dust of Grace
Poetic RenderingBefore the golden grain stands tall,it is but a blade of grasssoft, fragile, unnoticed.How then shall I darecall myself a bhakta?What skill, what purity,what depth have I truly earned?By…
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The Fire of Desire and the Discipline of the Soul
Poetic RenderingDo not cast your gazeupon what belongs to anotheryou have no need for that.Do not let greed cling to youlike a dog on the haunch of a wandering mountain…
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The Only Concern Worth Having
Poetic RenderingWhy shoulder another’s burden?Is your own not weighty enough?Why peer into another’s pathwhile your own soul waitsat the threshold of awakening?Turn away from the world’s noise.Let the needless questions…
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Purity in Earning, Purity in Giving
Poetic RenderingWealth stained by wrongdoingcan never serve the holyjust as the milk of a dognourishes only its own kind.How can devotion’s nectar arisefrom the poison of greed?Gold washed in another’s…
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The Poison in the Sugar
Poetic RenderingHer words are sweet like sugar,but in her heart hides poison.To one she calls with smiles,to another she whispers in secret.O Koodalasangamadeva, hear medo not trust the deceiver’s charm.…
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The Word as the Bridge to Heaven
Poetic RenderingMerit and sin do not descend from the sky,nor do they rise from some distant starthey are born in the quiet chambers of the heart.Whisper “Ayya!” with love,and heaven…
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The Garments Came, But Not the Souls
Poetic RenderingThey promised they would comeyet the path lies empty still.Whom shall I send as messenger now?To whom shall I bow and plead again?Whose feet remain for me to seek?If…
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Untasted Fruit, Unspent Gold
Poetic RenderingWhat use is muddy water that neither quenches nor cleanses?What use is gold if it lies hidden, never shared nor spent?What joy in a mango ripening high upon the…
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From Beast to Being
Poetic RenderingWhen a trapped beast sinks into the mire,can it lift itself out without the master’s hand?So too, without remembering You, O Lord,how can Your shelter ever reach me?I am…