{"id":7163,"date":"2021-05-21T08:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2021-05-21T08:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:29:18","slug":"tukaram-all-men-to-me-are-god-like-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/21\/tukaram-all-men-to-me-are-god-like-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Tukaram – All men to me are god-like Gods!"},"content":{"rendered":"

All men to me are god-like Gods!
\nby Tukaram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

English version by Ivan M. Granger<\/font><\/p>\n

All men to me are god-like Gods!
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My eyes no longer see
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 vice or fault.<\/p>\n

Life on this suffering earth
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is now endless delight;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the heart at rest and full,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 overflowing.<\/p>\n

In the mirror, the face and its reflection
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 watch each other;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 different, but one.<\/p>\n

And, when the stream pours into the ocean\u2026
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no more stream!<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from Real Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey<\/a>, by Ivan M. Granger<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Swami Stream<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

A meditation on the fundamental unity and wholeness underlying the surface appearance of separation. Every pain, every broken heart, every human yearning is ultimately found to be an expression of that one psychic need \u2014 for wholeness. Satisfy that one need at its root, and what is there left to want? The heart in endless pursuit finally attains rest and contentment. Even the world that imagines itself in fragments is seen to be whole, one fluid unity. People are are not people but divine immensities, and the perception of suffering is replaced by timeless bliss.<\/p>\n

And, when the stream pours into the ocean\u2026
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no more stream!<\/i><\/p>\n

(\u2026but endless ocean.)<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Tukaram<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nReal Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nLove Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nSays Tuka: Selected Poetry of Tukaram<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nWild Poets of Ecstasy: An Anthology of Ecstatic Verse<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Books >><\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\"Tukaram,<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nTukaram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

India (1608 \u2013 1649) Timeline<\/a>
\nYoga \/ Hindu<\/a> : Vaishnava (Krishna\/Rama)<\/a>
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Tukaram was born in Maharashtra, in the western region of India, to a lower caste Shudra family. Despite being of a lower caste, the family was wealthy by rural standards.<\/p>\n

When Tukaram was thirteen, his father fell ill and the boy had to take on the responsibility of supporting his family. Soon after, both parents died.<\/p>\n

Hardships continued to follow Tukaram. His first wife died during a famine, and his second wife had no respect for his devotion to God.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the traditional Hindu model of receiving spiritual initiation from a guru, Tukaram was initiated in a dream by Lord Hari (Krishna\/Vishnu) Himself.<\/p>\n

When Tukaram sensed his end was approaching, he stepped into a river, as many other saints have done. It is said that his rug and instruments returned to shore, but his body was never found. Devotees believe he was taken bodily to heaven.<\/p>\n

During Tukaram\u2019s relatively short life, he was constantly singing devotional hymns called abhangs. He composed over 5,000 of these hymns. Many of his songs are autobiographical.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Tukaram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All men to me are god-like Gods! by Tukaram English version by Ivan M. Granger All men to me are god-like Gods! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My eyes no longer see \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 vice or fault. Life on this suffering earth \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is now endless delight; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the heart at rest and full, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 overflowing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,813,15],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-hindu-poetry","tag-tukaram","tag-yoga-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7164,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions\/7164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}