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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ātman and Moksa
with him, is his honesty, and his simplicity, earnestness and sincerity of devotion. He has not cared much for a refined language, still his Abhangas possess liveliness and their own charm. Tukārāma has made the name of Pandharpur immortal, and his influence on the masses is tremendous and unfading. Tukārāma's poems are the most valuable Bhaktisongs and they reflect his frankness and sincerity.
Tukārāma believes in the one single ultimate Reality, which is God. His God is eternal, unborn, infinite, formless, devoid of the three attributes, all-pervading, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, unfathomable, immutable, unpolluted by defects, shortcomings, and pleasures of the world. Although He is attributeless He appears in personal form to His earnest devotees. He is extremely loving and profoundly compassionate. He bears profound love for His devotees and redeems His devotees by helping them in their spiritual penance by showing His grace. He is an embodiment of goodness and beauty. He possesses power to combat all evils of the world, and thus, He gives protection and security to His devotees. God is not different in essence from the world and the jivas. God is one with the world in stuff although His manifestations are numerous. He is as sweet as nectar and in His company devotees enjoy the supreme joy and everlasting peace. Tukārāma does not seek liberation or absolution but he seeks the supreme bliss and Divine joy in the company of God whom he chooses to serve for ever. It is a kind of supersensuous experience in which the
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