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The Rhythm of Remembrance
Poetic RenderingI placed my vow before You:my body is Yours,my mind is Yours,my wealth is Yours.O Lord, keep me truelet me not slip again into the old deceit.Again I vowed:the…
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The Mirror of the Beholder
Poetic RenderingA single pot of milk rests beneath the toddy palm.One person declares it milk, another insists it is liquor.This is the disease of a clouded gaze, O Kudalasangamacut through…
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The Language of the Heart
Poetic RenderingI know nothing of measure or melody,no rhythm flows from my untutored hands.I am unskilled in the scales of earth and sky,a stranger to the arts that others claim…
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The Licking Tongue of Craving
Poetic RenderingAs a dog's tongue, again and again, returns to lick the ghee-pot,so my mind, O Lord, returns to the taste of the world.It will not leave this shoreless sea…
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The Alchemy of Unshakeable Love
Poetic RenderingWhen I proclaim admiration for the divine,You test my devotion by shaking my spine.If I claim union with the divine's grace divine,You test my resolve, subjecting me to life's…
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The Cry of the Ego and the Silence of Grace
Poetic RenderingYou blessed the hunter who bound the bird,You listened to Arjuna’s word.You turned to ash the god of desire’s flame,Yet crowned Kannappa’s savage love with Your name. Their worship was…
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The Fragrance of Truth is Known Only By Living It
Poetic RenderingDoes the tongue need instructionto know the sweetness it touches?Is not the tasting itself the knowing?Does a blossom, filled with fragrance,wait for the garland-maker’s command to bloom?So then why…
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Death Is No Threat to the One Who Walks With the Lord
Poetic RenderingWhatever is meant for tomorrowlet it come today.If it is to come todaylet it arrive this very moment.Why fear it?Who is there to weep before the appointed hour?For our…
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When Grace Touches, The Dead Wood Blooms
Poetic RenderingWhen Your grace stirs within, O Lord,even the driest koradu woodbreaks open into leaf and life.When Your grace stirs within,a barren cow gives milk,and the bitterest poisonturns to immortal…
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The Froth Beneath the Iron Shield
Poetic RenderingTrying to guard water-frothwith an iron shieldwhat folly is this, O man?For this body too is but a bubble,glittering for a breath in the sun,vanishing the next momentinto the…