Saint Mira

Author(s): T L Vaswani
Publisher: Saint Miras English Medium School

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INTRODUCTION
are not a few in modern India who call themselves "atheists" or "agnostics". But India's soul is athirst for God and the Word Divine, reflected in the sant-bani and the gur-bani and, indeed, the Scriptures of all religions and in the Teachings of all mystics and rishis, all poets and prophets. I believe that India's people, inspired by India's soul, will, one day, influence our brothers who have, today, torn themselves from their Traditions and the Mother of Traditions,-India.
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The Krishna of the Scriptures illumines the life of the bhakta who communes with the Krishna in the Heart. The scriptures tell us of Krishna wiping the tears of the sinner, the fallen and the forlorn and in the heart within we see the Inner Krishna of Love and Compassion. So we attain to a realisation of the God who loves us inspite of our sins, our faults and failures, our transgressions of the Moral Law. In this realisation, too, we grow wings on which we soar high to Heaven and cry :"Our Father which art in Heaven! Hallowed be Thy Name!"
In Mira's songs is the cry of her heart for communion with Krishna. "O! I thirst," she sings, "for Thy Love, Beloved!"
I long to meel Thee, Beloved! When wilt Thou meet
Thy humble maid, Mira!