Poetic RenderingBy the Guru’s wordmy ears were purified.By beholding the holy sharanasmy eyes were purified.By touching the feet of the Lordmy body was purified.By tasting Your prasādamy mouth was purified.By…

Poetic RenderingIn Satya Yuga, they sought Kedar;in Treta, they journeyed to Varanasi;in Dvapara, Virupaksha was hailed as the root of holiness;and now, in Kali Yuga, they climb Śrishaila’s mountain shrine.But…

Poetic RenderingWhy weary yourself, O mind,with crores upon crores of chants?One song of love, sung with your whole being, outweighs endless repetition.What is chanting, O mind, without feeling?See the sharanas…

Poetic RenderingDiscipline is this:to accept what comes your waywith open palms neither grasping in greednor murmuring in complaint.Discipline is this:to guard what is yours with honesty,to take no crooked gain,to…

Poetic RenderingAmong men, the learned and the valiantlock horns in endless quarrelwords leaping like sparks,scorching pride into ash.One wins and boasts,another loses and broods;yet both remain caughtin the same dusty…