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  Mirabai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mirabai's father was killed in battle; her father-in-law was wounded in the same battle and died the next year.
Mirabai is widely regarded as a saint in the tradition of the Bhakti Movement.
Mirabai did not recognize social and caste barriers and adopted the cobbler/untouchable Ravidas as her guru.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mirabai   (1110 words)

  
 Mirabai —
Mirabai (also known as Meera) was born in 1504 A.D. at Chaukari village in Merta District of Rajasthan.
Mirabai began to devote most of her time in prayer and worship and did not pay any attention to the etiquettes of a royal household.
Mirabai left this mortal world in 1550 to be united with her beloved Krishna.
www.writespirit.net /authors/mirabai/index_html   (506 words)

  
 Mirabai
Mirabai and Tulsidas, quite independently of each other, were to revive devotion in their times; Tulsidas with the Ramayana and his devotion to Rama, Krishna and Siva.
Mirabai crossed the one, single structure of society that was rigidly enforced by all members of society - the lines of varna, caste.
Many narratives agree that at this vital juncture Mirabai was left vulnerable to the hostility of her conservative male relatives, and that this hostility increased as Mirabai became visibly detached from the affairs of the world and her obligations to her in-laws.
www.geocities.com /ganesha_gate/mira.html   (2981 words)

  
 Manas: Religions- gurus, avatars, divinities, sants
Mirabai is said to have been devoted to Krishna from a very early age, and in one of her poems she asks, "O Krishna, did You ever rightly value my childhood love?" As her father was away much of the time, she was then sent to be raised at her grandfather’s house.
The standard narrative is that at this vital juncture Mirabai was left vulnerable to the hostility of her conservative male relatives, and that this hostility increased as Mirabai became visibly detached from the affairs of the world and her obligations to her in-laws.
Jiva Goswami at first refused to meet with her since she was a woman, whereupon Mirabai is said to have retorted: "I used to think that the Lord Krishna was the only man in Vrindavan and that all the rest of the inhabitants were gopis.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/Religions/gurus/Mirabai.html   (562 words)

  
 CD Baby: MIRABAI GALASHAN: Meditations with Mirabai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai Galashan is a dynamic workshop leader, inspirational coach and author known for her unique blend of intellect, passion and compassion.
Mirabai is an internationally published writer (she was the youngest editor of a national consumer magazine in Britain) and has 15 years global consulting experience for corporations including Kraft Foods, SAP, Blockbuster Video, and Praxair.
Mirabai Galashan received a Bachelors Degree in English Literature, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Byzantine history and Ancient Icelandic from the University of Birmingham, England and both her Masters and Doctorate in Religion from ULC, California where she also received ordination as an interfaith minister.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/galashan   (1138 words)

  
 Mirabai and Radha : The twin souls of Krishna
This great saint of Hinduism and one the greatest devotees of Krishna, Mirabai was born into the royal family of Rana Ratan Singh of Merta in Rajasthan in 1498 A.D. As a three-year old child she grew extremely fond of a statue of Lord Krishna.
Mirabai imagines herself as one of the gopis and sings about her true spiritual self being revealed to the lord as she stood naked in front of Krishna.
Mirabai's state of mind is typically called madhurya by the Vaishnavas, followers of a prominent school of Hinduism.
www.dollsofindia.com /mirabai.htm   (5818 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mirabai
Mirabai (मीराबाई) (c.1498-1550?) was a female Hindu mystical poet during the Mughal period of Indian history.
These physical hardships became intolerable and after praying to Krishna, she left the palace for good and went to the pilgrimage of Mathura, Vrindavana and finally to Dwarika.
Mirabai spent most of her time in prayer and worship of Krishna.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Mirabai   (250 words)

  
 Krsna Talk Archives - Question & Answer Email Forum
Mirabai is not accepted as a suddha-vaisnavi by the followers of Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Sri Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura.
To teach one's disciple to sing the bhajans of Mirabai is equal to putting a kerosene rag in the mouth of that disciple.
Mirabai is not in the suddha-bhakti school, what to speak of the raganuga, rupanuga, or rasika school.
www.gosai.com /krishna-talk/vraja-bhava.html   (1715 words)

  
 Mirabai: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai (मीराबाई) (c.1498-1550?) was a female Hindu Hinduism quick summary:
Because of this Mirabai suffered great hardship throughout her life.
Mirabai spent most of her time in prayer and worship of Krishna Krishna quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mirabai.htm   (496 words)

  
 EXPLORING THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL with Mirabai Starr: New Dimensions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai Starr has translated the 16th century Spanish mystics, St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, revealing the balance they each had for the masculine and feminine natures in their relationship to God.
Mirabai Starr has studied a wide variety of religious traditions, including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity and is an adjunct professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico.
Mirabai Starr is the author of St. John of the Cross's mystical writings, Dark Night of the Soul (Riverhead 2002) and The Interior Castle, St. Teresa of Avila (Riverhead 2003).
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 Female Hero: Mirabai (Women in World History Curriculum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1516 Mirabai was married to Prince Bhoj Raj of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar, the most powerful Rajput state in the early 16th century.
And when her husband died after only three short years, Mirabai refused to join him on his funeral pyre, a practice at the time expected of high caste Rajput widows.
Mirabai returned once briefly to her home, but in the face of further family harassment decided to leave the kingdom of Chittor for good.
womeninworldhistory.com /heroine12.html   (701 words)

  
 Arts Dialogue : Bahá´í Association for the Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The poet Mirabai was born in the year 1498 in the village of Kudki in the north Indian region known as Rajasthan.
Mirabai ended her wanderings in Dwarka (on the coast of Gujurat), the city assoicated with Krishna's reign as an earthly king.
Throughout her poems Mirabai refers to her impossible marriage to Krishna and all of the pain and joy of self-surrender that this union includes.
bahai-library.com /bafa/g/garlingt.htm   (1743 words)

  
 Mirabai
She was born in Rajasthan to a Rajput noble family, and was married in about 1516 to the heir-apparent of the ruler of Mewar.
Tradition says that Mirabai left the court in her 30s and became a wandering mendicant, and that she was rejected by traditional gurus because she was a woman.
(a) A two-part 1997 essay, "Mirabai: The Rebellious Rajput Rani," by Bill Garlington, on Mirabai's rejection of the role she was expected to fill.
home.infionline.net /~ddisse/mirabai.html   (1531 words)

  
 Mirabai : Poems and Biography
Mirabai is one of India's most beloved poet-saints.
Mirabai was born into a noble Rajput family in Northern India.
When her husband died, Mirabai refused to throw herself on his funeral pyre and eventually took up a life of a wandering mendicant and poet herself, immersing herself in her love for God alone.
www.poetry-chaikhana.com /M/Mirabai   (343 words)

  
 Big Bridge #9
In this case, the center is 25 of Mirabai’s love poems translated from the Braja bhasa dialect, the literary language of Medieval North India.
It is an evolution that took her to India as a young woman, led her intuitively in the steps of Mirabai to a study of Sanskrit and a fuller understanding of the bhakti tradition in which Mirabai writes.
Landes-Levi ends up in all the places close to Mirabai, from the palace at Udaipur, where she began her life as a bride and Queen`, to the forests of Brindaban, land of Krishna, to the jungle village of Kanchipuran, where Mirabai’s lineage began.
www.bigbridge.org /issue9/reviradfar.htm   (859 words)

  
 Dark Night of the Soul, by St. John of the Cross, translated by Mirabai Starr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai Starr brings this mystical classic to a contemporary audience with her new translation and introduction: Dark Night of the Soul (Riverhead Books, Penguin Putnam, 2002).
Using fresh language, Mirabai blends the sensibilities of a poet with the insights of a life-long seeker to render the subtle teachings of the contemplative path accessible to readers of all traditions.
With her lyrical style and universal approach, Mirabai Starr offers a version of Dark Night of the Soul that sings with the music that earned St. John of the Cross the reputation as one of the most beloved poets and mystics of all time.
mirabaistarr.com /darknight.html   (1253 words)

  
 Songs of MiraBai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
MiraBai was born about the end of the 15th century to a noble Rajput family.
Coming from the Rajput ruling caste, whose women were subject to some of the heaviest restrictions of anyone, she broke all the rules in her passionate love for Krsna.
MiraBai was severely persecuted by her in-laws and she fled from her home.
hometown.aol.com /turkseven   (238 words)

  
 A Visit from Mirabai Devi - Notes from the Revolution Blog
True to her namesake, Mirabai Devi is a guru—someone who directly transmits a higher consciousness—who has been teaching for the past fifteen years.
In their dialogue, Mirabai and Andrew explored what it means to be a guru at this point in time in our postmodern culture.
Mirabai described her initial shock in coming to the US and discovering how intensely guru-phobic we are here.
www.andrewcohen.org /notes/index.php?weblog/blog/visit_from_mirabai_devi   (410 words)

  
 Amazon.com: For Love of the Dark One: Songs of Mirabai: Books: Mirabai,Andrew Schelling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
My understanding of Mirabai Devi's devotion is that she describes through her poems the absolute attraction of the finite soul for the Infinte Soul which is Krsna.
Mirabai Devi describes her love, attraction and desire to serve Sri Krsna because He is God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Mirabai was a perfect Saint, and if she refers to the physical love is only as a metaphore of the union of the soul with the Oversoul.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/093425284X?v=glance   (1371 words)

  
 Alibris: Mirabai
Mirabai Starr's acclaimed new translation--the first from a scholar outside the Catholic Church--restores the beauty and candor of the original while offering new relevance for the 21st-century seeker.
Through her love songs, Mirabai decried the social injustices of her day--the oppression of women, outrages of the caste system, and lack of personal and religious freedom.
Mirabai is probably the best-known poet in India today, even though she lived 400 years ago (1498-1593).
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Mirabai   (563 words)

  
 Mirabai Devi - International Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai will be offering darshan to all attendees.
Mirabai Devi will be one of many international spiritual leaders who will lead attendees to Envision, Experience and Manifest life as we would like it to be, where diverse groups of people can live in harmony and peace.
Darshan is a Sanskrit word that means "to have the vision of God." During darshan, you receive the blessing of the Divine Light, which is transmitted through Mirabai.
www.mirabaidevi.org /intltour.shtml   (236 words)

  
 RISA-L Bibliography: Mirabai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This means--in my judgment--that the translations she comes up with should be used as a representation of the ongoing Mirabai tradition, in which she participates, rather than as translations per se.
“Mirabai.” In Songs of the Saints of India, John Stratton Hawely and Mark Juergensmeyer, chap.
"Mirabai in the Academy and the Politics of Identity." (forthcoming).
www.montclair.edu /risa/biblio/b-mira.html   (233 words)

  
 More Than Money :: Journal, Ezine, Free Trial Subscriptions
Last week she had been grumbling about the Savoring, feeling it was Mirabai's way to force her to give up things she didn't want to let go of.
Then let's begin by celebrating what has fed and sustained you." Cynthia and Mirabai told stories about what was feeling solidly nurturing in their lives, with friends chiming in appreciations of the determination and vision it took to build healthy lives.
When they went to bed that night, Cynthia kissed Mirabai and welcomed her into her freer life, and Mirabai kissed Cynthia and welcomed her into the time of discovering her power.
www.morethanmoney.org /members/member_articles/mtm04_savoring.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Mirabai Starr writer, translator, speaker, teacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai Starr is a writer, translator, speaker and teacher.
Mirabai is available for interviews, speaking engagements, workshops and contemplative retreats.
Mirabai's new translation of "Teresa of Avila: The Book of my Life" (book and audiobook) is forthcoming from Shambhala Publications, Spring 2007.
www.mirabaistarr.com   (112 words)

  
 Hindi Bhakti Poetry: Mirabai [ANU Asian Studies: Hindi]
The noblewoman Mirabai (1498 - 1546) who expressed her deep love for Krishna in verses composed in a mixture of Brajbhasha and Rajasthani dialects.
Mirabai is said to have spent her childhood in Merta in Jodhpur district Rahasthan and her adult lif in Chitturgarh, Rajasthan.
A Temple devoted to Mirabai is in the Fort at Chittorgarh.
www.anu.edu.au /asianstudies/hindi/swah2005/mirabai.html   (78 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - Mirabai Songs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mirabai's ecstatic religious poetry was written in 16th century India.
Mirabai refused to die on her husband's funeral pyre, as was the custom.
Instead, she left her family compound, wrote her poems to Krishna, the Dark One, and sang and danced them in the streets.
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=3179746&id=79590   (230 words)

  
 Mirabai Holland's Moving Free Exercise Videos
Mirabai Holland M.F.A. is one of the leading authorities in the Health and Fitness industry, specializing in preventive and rehabilitative exercise for women.
Her Moving Free™ approach to exercise is designed to provide a movement experience so pleasant it doesn't feel like work.
Virtually anyone can ease into the best shape of her life by simply Moving Free™ along with Mirabai.
www.movingfree.com   (160 words)

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