Kabir, Mira Bai: Love, the Way of the Saints

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THE WAY OF THE SAINTS

 

O my Beloved, come and grant me Thy sight!

I can't exist without You!

The life without You is like a pond without a lotus flower

or similar to a night without moon!

Thus I pass nights without You.

Passing nights and days in distress,

Your absence is eating away my heart.

 

-- Mira Bai

 

I wandered in search of a true

lover but did not find any;

When a lover meets another

lover, then all poison turns into

nectar.

 

My Lord is dwelling in each and

every heart; not a single place is

empty;

But that heart is great where

God manifests His qualities.

 

Kabir Sahib says: "I made my

eyes into a bridal room and the

pupils into a bridal bed;

I pulled down the curtains of

the eyelids and pleased my Beloved." *

 

-- Kabir, "Kabir Sakhi -- Spiritual Gems of Kabir," Kabir Association

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* In the tradition of the lover and the Beloved, union with the Supreme

Being is the true motivation for practicing meditation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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