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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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INTRODUCTION
Behold! My Beloved doth dwell In me and I am happy In my heart as few can be! My heart is deeply dyed In the love of the Beloved!
One I know, One I see, One I serve!
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Mira is happy "as few can be", for Mira now knows that this transient world, too, is Krishna-filled. She hath renounced her jewels, her silver and gold, but as she looks at the stars she well may say :"The stars are my jewels!" Mira's face is filled with joy for she hath seen His Face and His Name is on her forehead! Filled with joy, Mira sings, again and again :
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And the Way of her "service" is not the way of tumult and noise, of scramble and quarrel, but the way of kirtan, the way of singing the Holy Name! Her kirtan is centred round Krishna, not a creed or a dogma. Her kirtan rings with the call:-"Follow Krishna!" In kirtan, she goes within and she humbles herself before God. Her kirtan becomes a healer of broken homes. In kirtan, this enchanting singer touches many hearts and becomes a "life-changer" : she transforms the lives of many women and many men. The economists and politicians, the education
