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Meera, they said, was mad. She is also the symbol Mahatma Gandhi chose to inspire his modern Indian renaissance and the archetypal female saint whose songs of love and devotion remain an integral part of Indian life and culture. Meera was a sixteenth-century Rajput princess who renounced her privileged life and royal family to live as a mendicant wandering, dancing, and singing the praises of God. A devotee of Krishna, she was part of an influential religious movement (bhakti) that rejected distinctions of caste and creed, stunned the stultifying rituals and inaccessible scripture of conservative religion, and believed that direct union with God was possible for all-men and women, highborn and lowborn. Mystical, celebratory, and frankly feminine, the songs of Meera embrace and evoke all of life-the ordinary, lowly, and humble; the natural world and all creatures; love and longing. They express a passionate faith that breaks down barriers, merging the human and the divine and challenging all notions of rank and hierarchy. Both poetry and prayer, these extraordinary songs reflect an all-encompassing spirituality and ardent devotion that remains part of the living folk tradition of India.]]>… (mais)
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
I saw the swelling clouds and Shyam, my eyes began to rain.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Lord, you remove the burdens of your worshippers.
Look how he wounds me again. He vowed to come, and the yard is empty. Food flung away like my senses -- tell me where to find them. Why must you shame what you say? You've wisped yourself away, lifter of the mountain, left me here to splinter.
At nightfall I'll skip to his door, be lit by his face. At dawn I'll return to my yard, walk lightly in grace. Tease like a breeze, wear what will please, wait as he says; eat what he tells me, be sold should he sell me, lifter of the mountain. Our bond is old as the world, says Meera.
My lord, the lifter of the mountain. A moment without you is no moment.
To love one not earthly this is the root of pain, my friend. He will speak -oh so sweetly! then snap love like a jasmine stem. Says Meera devoutly the thorn of waiting pierces without end.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
The Name is loud on this lips: the heart doesn't seem to hear: Help me fling off these clinging wants and turn to You, says Meera.
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Meera, they said, was mad. She is also the symbol Mahatma Gandhi chose to inspire his modern Indian renaissance and the archetypal female saint whose songs of love and devotion remain an integral part of Indian life and culture. Meera was a sixteenth-century Rajput princess who renounced her privileged life and royal family to live as a mendicant wandering, dancing, and singing the praises of God. A devotee of Krishna, she was part of an influential religious movement (bhakti) that rejected distinctions of caste and creed, stunned the stultifying rituals and inaccessible scripture of conservative religion, and believed that direct union with God was possible for all-men and women, highborn and lowborn. Mystical, celebratory, and frankly feminine, the songs of Meera embrace and evoke all of life-the ordinary, lowly, and humble; the natural world and all creatures; love and longing. They express a passionate faith that breaks down barriers, merging the human and the divine and challenging all notions of rank and hierarchy. Both poetry and prayer, these extraordinary songs reflect an all-encompassing spirituality and ardent devotion that remains part of the living folk tradition of India.]]>