Tukaram's effort at social reforms within Varakari- sampraday must be viewed in this historical context and as part of the overall movement, states Lorenzen. One of his celebrated devotees was Bahina Bai, a Brahmin woman, who faced anger and abuse of her husband when she chose Bhakti marga and Tukaram as her guru. The shameless one who speaks heresy in opposition to the Vedas is an object of scorn among holy men. He who calls himself Brahma and goes on in his usual way, should not be spoken to and is a buffoon.
Tuka indeed is playing in the world uncontaminated by it like the Sun which stands absolutely transcendent. The saints have told us that the world is filled by God. The Puranas have unmistakably taught the universal immanence of God. All sciences have proclaimed that God has filled the whole world.
Likewise, faith is essential to their realization of Him: 'It is our faith that makes thee a god', he says boldly to his Vithoba. He says little about cosmogony, and according to him, God realizes Himself in the devotion of His worshippers. Edwards wrote,Tukaram is never systematic in his psychology, his theology, or his theodicy. The known manuscripts are jumbled, randomly scattered collections, without chronological sequence, and each contain some poems that are not found in all other known manuscripts. Both his parents died when Tukaram was a teenager. Despite being from a caste traditionally believed to be the laborers and tilling service providers, Tukaram's family owned a retailing and money- lending business as well as were engaged in agriculture and trade. 7th- century poet- saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra. Tukaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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