Swami Ramanand
According to Ramananda, Lord Rama was the supreme spirit and humanity was one big family. He was a great preacher and drew big crowds wherever he went but his poems and sayings are not preserved. Only one poem is recorded in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text work of Sikhs. But this single piece advocates his profound philosophy.
Saint Ramanand fought against the evils of caste system and advocated devotion to reach God
“Where shall I go? The music and the festivity are in my own house. My heart does not wish to move, my mind has folded its wings. One day my heart was filled to overflowing, and had inclination to go with sandal paste and perfumes to offer my worship to Brahman. But the guru revealed that the Brahman was in my won heart… Wherever I go, I see only water and stones worshipped. But thou has filled them all with thy presence. They seek thee in vain in the Vedas! …Thou hast put an end to all my failures and illusions. Ramananda is lost in his Master, Brahman. It is the word of the guru that destroys all the million bonds of action.”
