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Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
17th Century

About Akha

Timeline (1600? - 1650?)

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English version by
Krishnaditya

Avoid "I," beyond body be,

Themes
  Water
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Wings of the Soul: Poems of Akha: The Spiritual Poet of India, Translated by Krishnaditya

Avoid "I," beyond body be,
Swim in the Lord's flowing stream.
One who has lost "I" and "me,"
Mingles easy in His sea.
Akha, have insight this way,
Space is in the center every which way.

 

 

-- from Wings of the Soul: Poems of Akha: The Spiritual Poet of India, Translated by Krishnaditya

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