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MirabaiMirabai1 Jan 1498

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Listen, my friend, this road is the heart opening,
kissing his feet, resistance broken, tears all night.If we could reach the Lord through immersion in water,
I would have asked to be born a fish in this life.
If we could reach Him through nothing but berries and wild nuts
then surely the saints would have been monkeys when they came from the womb!
If we could reach him by munching lettuce and dry leaves
then the goats would surely get to the Holy One before us!If the worship of stone statues could bring us all the way,
I would have adored a granite mountain years ago.
Mirabai
About the poet

Mirabai

Mirabai , was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. Mirabai was born into a Rajput royal family in Kudki, Pali district, Rajasthan, India then spent her chi…

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