The Unshaken Heart

Poetic RenderingCan an elephant’s shadowmake another an elephant?Can the ant-hill that mimics a serpent’s formbecome the serpent itself?So too, O Kudalasangamadevathough I move among Your devotees,will their greatness make me…

Sharana - Prasadi PRASADI

Eagle’s Gaze

Poetic RenderingThe mind is a serpent,the body its bamboo basket.To live beside such a serpentis to live in vigilance.Do not ask when it will strike,nor when it will swallow you…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

Wood to Flame

Poetic RenderingWhen two dry sticks strike each other,fire awakens and burns the very wood that bore it.So too, in the company of noble souls,the fire of knowledge arises,consuming all faults…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

Heaven Is Forged Here on Earth

Poetic RenderingThis world, O Lord, is Your workshopthe great forge of creation.Those who fit rightly herewill fit rightly there as well;those who falter here,shall falter there too, O Koodalasangama. In…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

Soundless Deed

Poetic RenderingWhen deeds are done, let ego be still.Do not cry, “I did this for the Linga,”nor boast, “I did this for the Jangama.”Like Shiva’s drum,let the sound arise without…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

Where Silence Becomes God’s Language

Poetic RenderingWorship when you seem to do nothing.Worship even when your hands are full of doing.When action dissolves into stillness,and stillness flowers into actionlet both be held as Linga-awareness.For in…

Sharana - Prasadi PRASADI

Spiritual Pawnshop

Poetic RenderingThe image of Marikavve,cast in precious metal,is worn proudly on the neckyet when debt tightens,they sell her.When money presses hard,they pawn her at the lender’s door,trading sanctity for silver.But…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Sacred Bridge

Poetic RenderingOf what use is a swordwhose edge has grown dull?Of what strength is a serpentwhen its venom runs dry?Of what worth is a devoteewhose word wavers from truth,whose vowonce…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Offering That Truly Reaches You

Poetic RenderingThey promise worshipby slaughtering goats, lambs,and gentle creaturescalling blood a holy gift.But when the sheep dies,what remains?When life falls,who is nourished?What offering reaches Youthrough the cry of another?No sacrifice,no…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

Breath of Being

Poetic RenderingLet my mind be Yours, O Lingaa still mirrorwhere only Your radiance rests.Let my wealth serve the Jangamathe moving flame of Your living truth.Let my body be for Prasadafor…