The ultimate realization can be traced in the body itself and not beyond.

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" The Fakirs of Sufi faith also used to assemble in solitude to

exchange and express their religious ideas and experiences through

songs and dances known as `Sama'. The Bouls of the Hindu

community and the Muslim Fakirs of Sufi faith met together

separately in their respective joints (akhras or asthanas) away from

the locality and would discuss details of their mystic faith and

realizations, through songs. Songs were their mode of self

expression and an inseparable part of their existence.

 

It was around 1650 A.D which we may call the time of first evolution

of Boul songs which flourished through the 18th century unto the end

of the 19th century. Understanding the metaphysical through the

physical or searching for the Reality behind the Appearance,

constitutes the basic concept of the religious quest of the Bouls.

This they call as the `Rup-Swarup Tatta'. The mystic journey

of the soul centering round the physical body for liberation from

the bondage of physical and worldly attractions leading to the

realization of the ultimate truth and joy of the highest kind, is

the root of the essential spirituality of the Bouls. Holistically

and simplistically speaking, this is the essential idea of the

Tantric mode of worshiping developed in India in the long past and

subsequently passed on to the Buddhists, both of the Bajrajan and

the Sahajjan sect, the Vaishnab Sahajias and the Bouls of the later

time.

 

The Bouls believe that the entire truth for the seeker of the

ultimate realization can be traced in the body itself and not

beyond. This exists in the form of a divine pleasure born out of the

communion of the eternal Masculine and the eternal Feminine, Shiva

and Shakti or in the other words, Pursha and the Prakriti. Union in

love of the Pursha and Prakriti and pure joy created out of that is

what the Bouls call the `Sahaja' state of Nature and all

existence. By rigorous and successful yogic practices under the

expert guidance of a Guru (Preceptor, the religious guide) one can

reach this stage. So the physical body is of the utmost importance

for the quest of truth for the Bouls. It is the `Bhanda (the

receptacle) containing all and everything of the `Brahmanda (the

Universe)' in the miniscule form. This body centric approach of

worshipping has been echoed time and again in the Boul, Murshidi,

Marfati songs down the ages and can be traced back to the 800-1200

AD in the compositions known as `Charyapad' which reflects

the essential philosophy of Buddhism. In the following composition

of Siddhacharya Lui Pa of that time this idea has been emphasized

very briefly but very prominently:

 

" Ka A Tarubara Panchabi Dala,

Chanchal Chitta Paitha Kala,

Dirh Kariya Mahasukha Pariman,

Lui Bhanai Guru Puchhiya Jana "

 

Here the body has been imagined as a tree of which the branches have

been equated with the six senses of the body. For the veil of Maya

and absence of the true knowledge the fragile mind becomes restless

and attracts as consequence several sufferings for the soul and the

body. So one has to control the allurements of the material

pleasures which, when achieved under the able guidance of the Guru,

can bring joy of the highest kind. "

 

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