The Mud Wall

Poetic RenderingBorn in the house of Shiva,your very breath shaped by the all-pervading Oneyou accepted the Linga as the path to liberation,yet your tongue strays toward other gods,your mind wanders…

Sharana - Maheshwara MAHESHWARA

Poetic RenderingIf one claims to be Shiva’s devoteeyet thinks his journey is already complete,let him know thishe will be struck down,scraped, humbled,his earth-born body reduced to dark ash.For the one…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Boundless Fellowship

Poetic RenderingThere is an end to dance,an end to song,an end to ritual,and even to daily worship of the Linga.But when the Sharanas of Kudalasangama gather,love has no boundary,giving knows…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

My inner faults still cling

Poetic RenderingLike a dog that licks from a cooking pot but cannot lift it back to its place,so am II may recite the Shatsthala, but what have I truly done?My…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Economy of Awakening

Poetic RenderingWhy take birth in this passing worldonly to gather and guardwhat slips through our fingers again and again?What value is there in such a life?Far better to sit, to…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Fearless Walk

Poetic RenderingIn the thick jungle of this worldly lifethere are indeed tigers,there are indeed bearsdangers seen and unseen at every turn.But the Sharana walks unshaken.Even where others tremble,his steps do…

Aikya - Sharana SHARANA

The Gust and the Market

Poetic RenderingThis world we chase afteris only a passing gust of windhere now, gone the next.And wealth?Just the noise of a crowded marketplace,a bustle that fades with the evening dust.Why…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

The True Measure of Worth

Poetic RenderingDo not let me praise myself,nor lend my ears to the slander of othersthis alone is Your dharma for me.If I call myself a bhaktayet hunger for honor and…

Pranalingi - Aikya Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Final Resting Place

Poetic RenderingWhere does the boundless ocean rest?Upon the broad and patient earth.Where does the earth itself rest?Upon the mighty serpent’s jeweled hood.And where does that serpent rest?Upon the sacred emblem…

Bhakta - Maheswara Sharana - Maheshwara MAHESHWARA

The Venom of Association

Poetic RenderingSeek the company of the nobletheir presence shapes and uplifts.Turn away from the company of the corruptfor what is a snake, however patterned or splendid,but poison wrapped in shimmering…