Saint Mira

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

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KRISHNA, KRISHNA, ALL AROUND ! 57 "O Thou, the Ravisher of the heart! O Thou, the Joy of life!”
As gold burnt in fire is purified, so is Mira's soul purified in the fire of love and longing for her Lord. This purification comes after renunciation (1) of earthly honours, and (2) of creaturely affection. Renunciation of this kind is accompanied by an intense longing, often referred to as “burning of the heart".
In a suggestive, little story, we read of a scholar who has longed for spiritual life for a number of years and who cries out :-"O Lord! show me a man who would teach me the Truth!”
And there comes to the scholar a Voice, saying : “Go to yon shrine of worship and you will find a man who will show you the way to blessedness."
And going there, the scholar finds a man, who is poor, whose feet are torn and covered with dust and dirt and whose clothes are soiled. Of him the scholar asks :-“Whence are you?”
The answer given is :--"From God.”
Of him the question is asked again :-"Where did you find God?"
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