Inspired haiku: Special on Guru Ravidas Jayanti-2024

  Inspired haiku: Special on Guru Ravidas Jayanti-2024
  ~Lalit Kishore


Guru Ravidas (around 15th century) was a mystic, a humanist and a poet who belonged to Indian bhakti movement. In 2024, his birth anniversary, also called Ravidas jayanti - is being celebrated on February 24.

 He was also social and Hindu religion reformist, who preached that one should not be distinguished by one's caste or creed but by one's actions or deeds. He believed that every person had the right to worship God - image or formless eternal supreme soul - and read holy texts irrespective of caste, creed and gender. He also raised voice against the system of untouchability prevalent among the Hindus during his times.

 Some of Ravidas' devotional verses have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib of Sikhism and the Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism. He taught removal of social divisions of caste and gender, and promoted human unity in diversity of pursuits of personal spiritual freedom of individuals.


 HAIKU INSPIRED BY SANT RAVIDAS' TEACHINGS

 

Reform creed, religion 

Rid of rituals and casteism 

Live with devotion 

~*~ 

Devote life and verve 

To serve humanity 

To forge unity 

~*~ 

Live simple, love God 

With unselfish devotion 

Fondly chant His Name. 

~*~

God is in all things 

Everything is in Him 

Know and get absorbed

 ~*~

Make fraternity, 

Simplicity, tolerance, 

Equity your creed.

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