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…

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…

Poetic RenderingWhen a trapped beast sinks into the mire,can it lift itself out without the master’s hand?So too, without remembering You, O Lord,how can Your shelter ever reach me?I am…

Poetic RenderingCaught in the hunter’s snare,I struggle like a frightened beasttwisting, pulling, strainingyet the net of this world will not loosen.Like the doe bereft of her fawn,I wander crying through…

Poetic RenderingLike the child growing in the wombhidden, helpless, sustained by anotherso do I live in this world,selling the perishable to keep myself alive.Making ends meet, I bargain with life…

Poetic Rendering “Am I a Bhakta, a Maheshwara, a Prasadi, a Pranalingi, a Sharana,an Aikya”slowly, slowly, why do they speak so?Am I some flawless diamondthat I should never crack?Have I drunk…

Poetic RenderingDoes the pot wear out without being used?Does the cloth fray without being worn?Does the staff weaken without being struck?So too the Linga does not tire,only the ignorant devotee…

Poetic RenderingLike a monkey scrambling up a tree,I leap from branch to branchthought to thought, desire to desire.This fierce, untamed mind of minehow can I trust it?How can I lean…

Poetic RenderingCan a cloth stained through and throughbecome white againhowever hard you wash or beat it clean?So too the deed you have doneit never leaves your side.Even if you heap…

Poetic RenderingO companions on the path of the Linga,listen with a still mind:You leave your sandals at the temple door,yet your thoughts remain outside guarding them.Your body steps into the…