संत साहित्य
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संत साहित्य · Themes

Letting Go & Surrender

What the five voices say — 628 passages.

Tukārām

  • Abhanga 2374 — Rather than scattering devotion among many lesser deities who demand offerings, Tukaram says to hold onto the
  • Abhanga 2425 — Surrender every part of your life completely to what you trust most, and let go of the rest as no longer your
  • Abhanga 2474 — For today: salt in water — what separate? ; fire-camphor — no soot ; your-flame and my-flame are one .
  • Abhanga 2477 — Like a child too absorbed in play to notice how tired he is, let go and trust the parent calling you home, bec
  • Abhanga 2481 — Pandharpur surpasses even the greatest pilgrimage cities because people there set aside pride and bow to one a
  • Abhanga 4482 — Tukaram teaches that no ritual equals sincerely speaking the Lord's name, that self-centered craving must be c
  • Abhanga 4546 — True recognition of what actually sustains you comes only after pride falls away, not before, and that humble
  • Abhanga 2399 — For today: this world is a temporary inn — udāsīna toward body; quickly cross to the next; drama-performance c
  • Abhanga 2434 — For today: Ananta caught me; doesn't release the pallu; your words are dry — my [bhakti] is embrace with body-
  • Abhanga 2446 — All scripture, the Vedas, the Puranas, and the Gita, points to one simple practice: speak God's name, so let g
  • Abhanga 2468 — Knowledge of truth can come quickly, but the pride that clings to it lingers until someone else's test exposes
  • Abhanga 2469 — Closeness to God is naturally available; the whole of devoted practice comes down to steadily holding Viṭhoba'
  • Abhanga 2507 — Surrendering life's whole burden to God settles a restless, anxious mind into deep peace and quietly dissolves
  • Abhanga 2517 — Let go of grudges and envy, since they only harm you, and find real peace by keeping forgiveness alive within
  • Abhanga 2567 — Worldly entanglement never really touches the divine; a restless mind is what harms you, so stay fixed in surr
  • Abhanga 2570 — Death is a constant companion for every being, and only when the mind turns away from the illusion of permanen
  • Abhanga 3073 — Since old age strips away the body's dignity anyway, stop clinging to worldly business and use whatever time r
  • Abhanga 3435 — You can tell God has truly entered a life by real changes, less pride, less craving, more honesty, and a growi
  • Abhanga 3631 — After real cost and effort, hold firmly to what you have gained, drop laziness and forgetfulness and worry abo
  • Abhanga 3795 — Let everything else burn away — cleverness, reputation, cold reasoning, even the body — and keep only your hea
  • Abhanga 3808 — Seize this joy of devotion boldly and without hesitation, because in that wholehearted surrender, the weight o
  • Abhanga 3814 — Whoever sincerely holds the Name of God has no caste distinction left, just as iron becomes gold, rainwater be
  • Abhanga 3820 — No method of knowing, whether study, meditation, vision, or scripture, can fully grasp the divine, so at some
  • Abhanga 3871 — Sit in worry-free devotion to one Lord alone, let go of every other ritual and any sense of ownership, and use
  • Abhanga 3913 — Tukaram teaches that the body, the mind's sense of I-ness, and even a tree's stirring leaves all move by God's

…and 501 more in search.

Dāsabodha

  • Dashak 2 · Samāsa 9 — Rāmdās opens the samāsa on the virakta (the dispassionate one, one who has renounced attachment) by asking wha

Jñāneśvarī

…and 71 more in search.

Aṣṭāvakra