Tukaram Gatha; cite by first line
The person who treats the broken and suffering as their own family is a true saint. That is where God lives.
Tukaram Gatha; cite by first line
Whoever calls the afflicted and crushed their own…
Basavanna, Vachana tradition
Work itself is Kailasa.
Narsinh Mehta, Vaishnava jana to
Call that person a Vaishnava who knows the pain of another.
Shankara, Bhaja Govindam 1
Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, O foolish mind.
Mirabai pada; cite by first line
I have found the jewel-wealth of Rama.
Kabir; commonly cited couplet, first line
Musk lives in the deer’s own navel; the deer searches the forest.
Purandara Dasa / Tyagaraja keertana tradition; cite by refrain
O Rama, Dasharatha’s son, upholder of the world.
Tukaram Gatha, abhang beginning je ka ranjale ganjale
Those who are wounded and crushed — call them your own.
Kabir Sakhi tradition; cite by first line
Lose the mind and the world is lost; steady the mind and the world is livable. Kabir says: think this through; do not take the unjust path.