The Law of Spiritual Consequence
Poetic RenderingCan one place glowing embers on the headand hope to escape the burn?Can one chew grain mixed with stonesand not shatter the jaw?So toothose who mock or scorn the…
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The Living Temple
Poetic RenderingThe wealthy build temples of stone,I, a humble soul, what can I offer?My legs, the pillars; my body, the shrine;My head, the golden dome.Hear me, O Koodalasangamadeva:Stone temples crumble,but…
The Urgency of Now
Poetic RenderingWhy wait? Why wander in delay?Before this body hardens like unripe fruit,taste the sweetness of truth now.Life is a spark hidden in a dying emberbefore it cools to ash,…
The All Consuming Radiance
Poetic RenderingWherever I turn my eyes,Your radiance meets me first.In joy, in sorrow,in the quiet chambers of thoughtonly You shine.How can darkness standbefore the face of the sun?So too, when…
The Cosmic Body of God
Poetic RenderingWherever I turn,only You shine before me.Eyes of every creature are Your eyes,faces in all directions are Your face.The hands that hold the world,the feet that steady the earthall…
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The Eternal Fragrance
Poetic RenderingSome say I am born,some say I die but in birth I drinkthe water of Your sacred feet,and in death I fallto rest upon them.What matters where a tree…
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The Breath of Remembrance
Poetic RenderingYour remembrance is my sunrise,Your forgetting my falling dusk.Your memory is my very life,Your memory my breath itself, O Father.Press Your sacred footprintdeep into the chamber of my heart;and…