Posted inPrasadi - Sharana SHARANA
The Fire of Impermanence
Poetic RenderingYou think life is yours forever,speaking of permanence as if death were a myth.But when death comes and life slips away,will your proud words go with you?When a body…
Posted inSharana - Prasadi PRASADI
The Alchemy of Reverence
Poetic RenderingWhere devotion flows, there arises nectar;where resistance stands, bitterness takes root.Knowing this truth, how can one failto honour the jangama?The Linga may rest still, the jangama may walkyet the…
Posted inSharana - Pranalingi PRANALINGI
The Heart’s Hidden Truth
Poetic RenderingWho can truly knowthe secret chambers of another’s heart?One may be hailed as virtuous,another scorned as sinfulyet if their inner self rests in Shiva,they stand sanctified.For the one who…
Posted inBhakta - Sharana SHARANA
The Honest Crumbs
Poetic RenderingWhoever it may beif his mind rests in remembrance of Mahadeva,I shall accept even the smallest morsel from his hand,and live in ceaseless communion with himlike the upper and…
The Mirror of Authenticity
Poetic Rendering“Come near, come closer,”the true sharanas call.Some step forward shyly,a hand over the mouthnot from pride,but from the softness of little learning,simple lives, simple words.Yet their faint whispersshine with…
The Living Transmission
Poetic RenderingSome flaunt itfor the world to see.Some wear the Lingabecause they were told to,others because they were scolded into it.But to wear itwithout inner firelike a marriage thread without…
Posted inSharana - Bhakta BHAKTA
The Soul’s True Address
Poetic RenderingLet no one ask,"Whose man is he?"Let them say instead,"He is ours,truly one of our own."O Koodalasangamadeva,let them recognize meas a child of Your household. This vachana reveals the…
The Law of Spiritual Consequence
Poetic RenderingCan one place glowing embers on the headand hope to escape the burn?Can one chew grain mixed with stonesand not shatter the jaw?So toothose who mock or scorn the…
Posted inBhakta - Sharana SHARANA
The Comet in a Sky of Barking Dogs
Poetic RenderingWhen strangers walk into a village,do the dogs not bark?So too, when sharanas journey from afardifferent paths, different thoughts, same truthshould we marvel if slanderers howl?Yet, O Koodalasangamadeva,Your sharanas…
Posted inAikya - Sharana SHARANA
The Eternal Now of Devotion
Poetic RenderingDo not speak of yesterday or tomorrow.Each day let me live as “Shiva’s sharana,”each day let me live as “Hara’s sharana,”each day let me remember our Koodalasangama,without faltering. The…