Krṣṇa-līlā

Tukārām

• Abhanga 2481 — Pandharpur surpasses even the greatest pilgrimage cities because people there set aside pride and bow to one a
• Abhanga 4448 — How you leave and what name you carry with you at your final departure matters as much as how you lived, so le
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with the support of a gu
• Abhanga 4482 — Tukaram teaches that no ritual equals sincerely speaking the Lord's name, that self-centered craving must be c
• Abhanga 4483 — Tukaram tells of the gopis whose all-consuming secret longing for Krishna, hidden beneath ordinary household l
• Abhanga 4495 — Tukaram tells how Krishna's mother and the cowherd families, absorbed in their own practical hopes and interes
• Abhanga 4497 — Tukaram describes a life so soaked in devotion that Krishna's presence fills every ordinary moment, coming hom
• Abhanga 4544 — Shelter and protection go to everyone equally, regardless of caste or background, based only on sincere devoti
• Abhanga 4546 — True recognition of what actually sustains you comes only after pride falls away, not before, and that humble
• Abhanga 4555 — A true encounter with God proves that plain, steady closeness to him outweighs any amount of status or strivin
• Abhanga 4573 — A community built on equal dignity for everyone, regardless of status, and offering lasting shelter to all, is
• Abhanga 4579 — Everyone who drew near Krishna in devotion, from the gopis to the cows, was fully united with him, showing tha
• Abhanga 3093 — The Lord keeps his feet at Bali's door as promised, but grows so large that he breaks open a doorway to step o
• Abhanga 3094 — Tukārām explains that the Lord's name Murārī comes from killing the demon Muru, then asks why, despite always
• Abhanga 3401 — You do not need elaborate rituals or austerities, constant simple remembrance of the name among fellow devotee
• Abhanga 3890 — Tukaram says reaching God requires no wealth, hardship, or pilgrimage, only saying the Name with a loving, one
• Abhanga 4208 — The soul's longing for God is like a child's need for its mother, and God's care in response is just as instin
• Abhanga 4210 — When danger is closing in with no plan left, calling out honestly on the strength of a name you trust is itsel
• Abhanga 4211 — A plea for help is strongest when it is grounded in real friendship and a remembered history of having already
• Abhanga 4212 — The cowherds keep piling up reasons for hope, recalling every past danger Krishna has already overcome: he tam
• Abhanga 4213 — Real power, when it finally reveals itself, is overwhelming enough to frighten even the truest devotee, and ad
• Abhanga 4215 — Even a power that just saved you can feel like too much, and it is natural to want the gentler, familiar close
• Abhanga 4216 — Real love lets you ask direct, curious questions about someone's astonishing power, because trust and wonder c
• Abhanga 4217 — God is understood not through knowledge or ritual but through simple, loving devotion, the kind that turns to
• Abhanga 4219 — One of the cowherds describes the terror they felt watching Krishna open his mouth wide and swallow the raging

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