W hen one looks into a mirror it seems as if one is looking at a different object, yet one is looking at oneself.I am the brook that has merged into the river.My country is now the whole universe.Liberation cannot be purchased in a marketplace, nor can it be acquired by wandering in the woods or forest.Liberation cannot be had by large quantities of wealth, nor can it be found in the upper or nether worlds.Liberation can be acquired, says Tuka, only at the cost of life. quote 3109 | Tukaram Ranade, R. D. Mysticism in India. Albany, NY. SUMY Press, 1983, pp. 303, 312, 320, 339, 349.
H e who utters the Name of God while walking gets the merit of a sacrifice at every step.His body becomes a place of pilgrimage.He who repeats God's Name while working always finds perfect peace.He who utters the Name of God while eating gets the merit of a fast even though he has taken his meals.Even if one were to give in charity the whole earth encircled by the seas it would not equal the merit of repeating the Name.By the power of the Name one will know what cannot be known,One will see what cannot be seen,One will speak what cannot be spoken,One will meet what cannot be met.Tuka says, Incalculable is the gain that conies from repeating the Name of God. quote 3108 | Tukaram Ranade, R. D. Mysticism in India. Albany, NY. SUMY Press, 1983, pp. 303, 312, 320, 339, 349.
T he Saint becomes so unified with God, that it is impossible to distinguish between God and Saint.Embrace meets embrace.Body is unified with body.Words mix with words.Eyes meet with eyes.I have girded up my loins, and found a way to cross the ocean of life.Come here, come here, great and small, women and men.Take no thought; have no anxiety.I shall carry all of you to the other shore.A come as the sole bearer of the stamp of God to carry you over with His Name. quote 3107 | Tukaram Ranade, R. D. Mysticism in India. Albany, NY. SUMY Press, 1983, pp. 303, 312, 320, 339, 349.
