![]() ![]() For half amillennium, these saints'' poems have circulated from the banks of the Jumna to the rice fields of Bihar and back to the deserts of Rajasthan, providing a language for many of life''s most vivid concerns-cruelty and loneliness, status and intimacy, hope and infatuation, and the maddeningtransitoriness of it all. In worship, in education, even in politics, modern Hinduism sings their tune. ![]() The six poets presented here-Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas-have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in north India today than any voices before or since. The six poets presented here-Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas-have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in north India today than any voices beforeā¦ More. ![]() Songs of the Saints of India by John Stratton Hawley Paperback | Indigo Chapters - new book ![]()
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