Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3421

We forgot that we exist; such is our state, that,
in the body, we escape from the body.
Tuka says, We have become like fire; we shall
not let sin or merit touch us.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents