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You are me, and I am You

Ravidas, Ravidas poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Sikh poetry by Ravidas
(1398? - 1448?) Timeline

Yoga / Hindu
Sikh
15th Century

You are me, and I am You -- what is the difference between us?
We are like gold and the bracelet, or water and the waves.

If I did not commit any sins, O Infinite Lord,
how would You have acquired the name, 'Redeemer of sinners'?

You are my Master, the Inner-knower, Searcher of hearts.
The servant is known by his God, and the Lord and Master is known by His servant.

Grant me the wisdom to worship and adore You with my body.
O Ravi Daas, one who understands that the Lord is equally in all, is very rare.

 

 

 

Themes

  Heart
  Water
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Guru Ravidas: Life and Teachings (Mystics of the East series) , by K. N. Upadhyaya
Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass
Songs of the Saints of India, Translated by John Stratton Hawley / Translated by Mark Juergensmeyer
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Gurbachan S. Talib
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Winand M. Callewaert

 

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