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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ātman and Moksa
of the love and joy of Hari. Kabir imagines that at the centre of the universe there is the perfect harmony which is expressed in the form of infinite melodious notes which are heard everywhere. He often calls it 'the Unstruck Music' (taga ga). He says - "Have you not heard the tune which the Unstruck Music is playing ? In the midst of the chamber the harp of joy is gently and sweetly played; and where is the need of going without to hear it?" He imagines that the creation of the universe from Rāma assumes the form of a wonderful symphony composed of infinite harmonious sounds and that the whole Reality works with a wonderful rhythm and harmony. He further says
.. The Aute of the Infinite is played without ceasing,
and its sound is love: When love repoupces all limits, it reaches truth. How widely the fragrance spreads ! It has no end,
nothing stands in its way. The form of this melody is bright like a million sups:
incomparably sounds the vīnā of the notes of truth."'3 The Infinite or Hari dances with His unbound joy and the melodies of Him serve as an eternal fountain of love and bliss to those who can hear His unstruck Music by loving Him thoroughly. Carpenter says-"Like the seer of the Apocalypse, Kabir heard the whole universe singing in adoration day and night. The harmonies of the Divine Joy sounded continually in his ears; the unbeaten melodies filled
1 Tagore R. (Tr.) Kabir's Poems, Poem 54, p. 59. Ibid. Poem 50, p. 56.
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