संत साहित्य
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Sant-sang / Sant-pūjā

What the five voices say — 583 passages.

Tukārām

  • Abhanga 2464 — For today: Pāṇḍuranga is sukha-rūpa ; no wandering, no shaving, no sādhana-pressure ; Chandrabhāgā bath = Hari
  • Abhanga 2490 — The divine is most reachable through the living presence of a true saint, not through a distant, formless idea
  • Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and death.
  • 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 2429 — For today: five-part bhakti-program — sing by bhāva (purify chitta); don't mind others' merits-faults; bow at
  • Abhanga 2483 — Things that share the same origin, like buttermilk and butter or a saint and an ordinary person, can still dif
  • Abhanga 2557 — For today: now I've become master — what I do, the authority is mine .
  • Abhanga 2560 — Only a full, wholehearted offering earns real treasure, because no one gives away a kingdom for the price of a
  • Abhanga 3066 — Tukārām calls Jñāneśvar his mother and father, showing that honoring the teacher and lineage who shaped you is
  • Abhanga 3392 — Bad company can ruin something precious in a single moment, so choose good company and stay away from company
  • Abhanga 3495 — Every outward show of holiness, monasteries, begging bowls, and ash, is worthless without real devotion to Ram
  • Abhanga 3735 — God fills the universe, the world, and every ordinary person alike, and once you truly see that, you can move
  • Abhanga 3816 — A person's real priorities are revealed by contrast, in how generously they treat pleasure and status compared
  • Abhanga 3867 — Anything that scatters your focus away from your one true anchor, however clever or learned it sounds, ends up
  • Abhanga 3884 — Tukaram sings the joy of finally reaching Pandharpur, calling it Vaikuntha itself, his true home where the end
  • Abhanga 3902 — God himself takes joy in kirtana and walks alongside whoever sings his praise, as Narada's example shows, so s
  • Abhanga 4062 — Real teaching means demonstrating with your own actions, matching the pace of the one you're guiding, and maki
  • Abhanga 4072 — Tukaram asks for nothing but nearness to good people, willing to become dust, sandal, or stray dog just to sta
  • Abhanga 4099 — Some joys, like deep spiritual realization, cannot be explained in words beforehand, they can only be understo
  • Abhanga 4130 — Meeting truly good people after a long search can dissolve years of confusion and sorrow in an instant, leavin
  • Abhanga 4185 — A humble local place gathered in shared joy can hold the same sacredness as the most famous distant pilgrimage
  • Abhanga 4250 — Being near a truly good person works faster and clears away sorrow and fear more surely than years of pilgrima
  • Abhanga 4259 — People often stay wide awake for idle distraction while dozing through what is truly nourishing, and naming th
  • Abhanga 4273 — If your time, money, and attention flow easily to everything except God and genuine goodness while spiritual p

…and 558 more in search.