Saint Mira

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

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SAINT MIRA
ists and philosophers of our day do but aim at an external reform of society : Mira aims at regeneration of the individual. They work at the "circumference" : Mira touches the "centre" of life. Not systems but transformation is Mira's aim. Kirtan releases spiritual forces : in kirtan, Krishna touches the heart of individual lives.
Jalalu'l-Din, the great mystic of Iran, interpreted the teaching of his murshid (guru), Shams-i-Tabriz, in a few luminous words thus :
He (God) is the First, He is the Last : He is the Outward, He is the Inward : I know none other, Except “Ya Hu” And “La Man Hu”.
“Ya Hu” is the dervish cry :-“O He!” and “Ya Man Hu” is the cry :"O He who is.”
And I cannot sum up the meaning of Mira's life and the message of Mira's songs better than in similar words :
Krishna is the First, Krishna is the Last : Krishna is the Outward,