"The Great Dancer is my husband," Mira says, "rain washes off all the other colors.”"
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Mīrābā, in Christian Mysticism East and West: What the Masters Teach Us, p. 121
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Meera Bai
Meera Bai, also spelled Mira Bai (c. 1498–c. 1547) was a Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She was one of the most significant Sants ("true" or "saints") of the Vaishnava bhakti movement. Some 1,300 pads (poems) commonly known as bhajans (sacred songs) are attributed to her. These are popular throughout India and have been translated and published worldwide. In the bhakti tradition, they are in passionate praise of Lord Krishna. In most of her poems, she describes her unconditional love
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