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In the whole of Indian literature, Tulsidas is supreme.... The devotion in his poetry is of the same order as of philosophy. And from the beginning to the end, not a word or an idea, can be spotted which is not perfectly neat and pious. (Tulsidas)
Tulsidas is the highest tree in the garden of Hindu poetry, though his name does not appear in Aeen-i-Akbari or any book of Muslim historians or even narratives of European writers who worked on information taken from Persian historians. Yet, Tuslidas was the greatest man of India of his time. In fact he can be called greater than Akbar because the victory that the poet registered in the hearts of thousands of millions of people was greater and more lasting than all the imperious victories put together...the Ramacharritamanas is such an enormous epic that its English adaptation by Growse is of 362 pages. The declinations in this epic are so similar to Christianity that on numerous spots, if Rama is replaced by Christ, there can be no question. View quote
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Tulsidas wrote 12 books, but, by far, the most important is the Ramacharitamanas (the holy Lakes of the Acts of Ram), a Ramayana written in old Hindi (Avadhi) couplets. The book was written under the direction of Hanuman himself. It is read all over North India, and particularly during the time of the Ramlila. It is sung aloud in large groups for devotional purposes. View quote
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Tuslidas's attitude toward life and literature was distinctly more objective. Quite naturally, therefore, he has used the objective forms–the epic and the narrative- besides of course, the lyric as vehicles of his devotional poetry. View quote
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While Kabir's or Dadu's adherents may be numbered by hundreds of thousands, no less than ninety million Indians acknowledged him as their spiritual guide. View quote
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Tulsidas was a poor recluse who lived an ascetic life and prompted by an inner light, adapted an old epic in folk-verse which broke all barriers and spread far and wide. View quote
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Tulsidasa alone, though the most famous of them all, has no disciples that are called after his name. There are Vallabhachars and Radha Vallabhs and Maluk Dasis, Pran Nathis and so on in interminable succession, but there are no Tulsidasis. Virtually, however, the whole of Vaishnava Hinduism has fallen under his sway; for the principles that he expounded have permeated every sect and explicitly or implicitly now form the nucleus of the popular faith as it prevails throughout the whole of the Bengal Presidency from Hardwar to Calcutta. View quote
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It can be said without reservation that Tulsidas is the greatest to write in the Hindi language. Tulsidas was a Brahmin by birth and was believed to be a reincarnation of the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana, Valmiki. View quote
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Paradheen sapanehun such naheen. View quote
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No virtue is equal to the good of others and no vice greater than hurting others. View quote
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The Ramacharitamanas undoubtedly is the great poem worthy to rank among the great classical masterpieces of world literature. (Tulsidas)
Faith in the Creator, who is mainly in his Godness and Godly in his man-ness, is like a human-self and can take him along. View quote
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In dependence, there is no happiness, even in a dream. View quote
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Mother and father abandoned me at birth and the author of my life also did not write any worth or merit on the page of destiny. View quote
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Faith is that which dispels desire, Devotion is that which generates knowledge. And Vedas say that knowledge is that which fashions freedom. View quote
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As the Ruler, so the people. View quote
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Mine is no caste or cult, what care I for one or the other... No one is of any use to me, nor am I of any use to anyone. Don't have a son to need, someone's daughter to wed. Tulsi is the slave of Rama, whoever may say whatever he likes. Begged for food, slept in a mosque, have nothing to take and nothing to give, call me a swindler or a saint, call me a Rajput or a Julaha. View quote
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There is no difference between knowledge and devotion, Both of them save the soul from the miseries of worldly life. View quote
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The world knows that to quell the belly-fire, I ate crumbs and morsels given by men of caste, high-caste, low-caste or no cast. View quote
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To follow the path of knowledge is to tread on the edge of a sword. Once you get into it, there is no escape. View quote
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He walks without legs, hears without ears, does all the deeds without hands. He enjoys all the juices without a mouth, spells all the truth without a voice, touches everything without hands. He see very object without eyes and inhales all the scents without a breath. (Tulsidas)
[I] begged for crumbs and morsels door to door...Plodding and dawdling around lanes. View quote
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Am a servant of Rama, Accredited to His Court, What for should I Be a Courier of man? View quote
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What did I not do, where did I not go, to whom did I not bow. View quote
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God refuses to be mine, thine or his. For him the truth is but one but the proud and the vain have forged many out of their desires and fancies. View quote
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