The Stream That Built a Kingdom of Conscience

Poetic RenderingWhen milk flows freely in the village stream,why should the calf hide to drink in shame?Why barter grace for greed,bow to thrones for a coin?O Koodalasangama, Your presence overflowsin…

Maheshwara - Bhakta Aikya - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Two Hands of Grace

Poetic RenderingWith a bowl of milk in one hand,and a staff of discipline in the other,the Jangama comes to me as fatherfeeding with love,guiding with firmness.He is the living shrine…

BHAKTA Prasadi - Bhakta

The Child of Mercy

Poetic RenderingFalling from one foot,I cling to the otherslipping, trembling, crying out:“Save me… save me…forgive my wandering ways.”Helpless, I turn to You alone.O Koodalasangamadeva,I am but a childcradled in Your…

Pranalingi - Bhakta Sharana - Bhakta Aikya - Bhakta

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,…

Prasadi - Aikya Bhakta - Aikya Maheshwara - Aikya

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…

Prasadi - Aikya Bhakta - Aikya Maheshwara - Aikya

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…

Prasadi - Aikya AIKYA

God’s Flute

Poetic RenderingLord, make my body Your flute.Let my head become Your single-stringed bow,my nerves the stretched and trembling strings,my fingers the living plectrum in Your hand.Play upon me, Lord,as the…

BHAKTA Prasadi - Bhakta

The Refuge of Grace

Poetic RenderingMy sins are without number,but Your compassion cannot be measured.And if I stumble yet again,let Your feet alone be my judge.Let all the worlds bear witnessI come as Kinnari…

BHAKTA Prasadi - Bhakta

The Court of Divine Mercy

Poetic RenderingMy own words have wounded me,my own blade has turned against me.I am the sinner,the one quick to flare with anger.In ignorance I wandered,knowing nothing of the devotee’s path,nothing…

Aikya - Prasadi PRASADI

The Ripening Fruit

Poetic RenderingMy gain and loss are Yours,my rise and my ruin are Yours,my honor and my shame are Yours.Like a fruit ripening on the vineonly by the sun’s grace,so does…