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The Gaze That Unites
Poetic RenderingAt dawn, if not for the Linga’s worship,what use is the morning sight?If life is lived only for food,if sleep is all one seeks,if one drags through days like…
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The Mirror of True Kinship
Poetic RenderingThose who praise me, I call strangers.Those who do not scold me, I call mere acquaintances.Those who scold me, I call my parents.Those who rule over me, I call…
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The Inner Sanctum
Poetic RenderingWhat use is whitewash outside, if the inside is unclean?What use is the Linga around the neck, if the heart does not shine?What use is reading a hundred texts,if…
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The Palanquin of Ego
Poetic RenderingA dog in a palanquinwill it ever learn to hunt?Carried by borrowed pride,it only barks in delusion.How can such a one be called a bhakta?O Kudalasangama,make me free of…
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The Path of Substance
Poetic RenderingYou may ride elephants and horses,and smear yourself with musk and fragrant pastesbut without truth, it is all empty show.If no seeds of goodness are sown,how will the crop…
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The Alchemy of Sacred Company
Poetic RenderingWhose company will you truly choose?Does not the caterpillar, by its own weaving,transform into something wondrous?And see how sandalwood, in its quiet grace,lends fragrance even to neem and arka,to…
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The End of Lineage
Poetic RenderingWhat worth is this pride of birthyou cling to?Will your lineage guard youwhen truth stands before you?Among sharanas,who asks, “Whose son are you?”or searches for clan and pedigree?In the…
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The Sacred Boundary
Poetic RenderingEven when one guards the senses,desire rises againsoft as perfume,subtle as a shadow.And who, truly,can reject the rightful sweetnessof a sacred, consecrated union?Even the wise may delightin joys that…
The Mirror of Authenticity
Poetic Rendering“Come near, come closer,”the true sharanas call.Some step forward shyly,a hand over the mouthnot from pride,but from the softness of little learning,simple lives, simple words.Yet their faint whispersshine with…
The Living Transmission
Poetic RenderingSome flaunt itfor the world to see.Some wear the Lingabecause they were told to,others because they were scolded into it.But to wear itwithout inner firelike a marriage thread without…