Saint example sentences

Mirabai became a disciple of Ravidas, a saint from a caste considered “untouchable”.The seventh to ninth centuries saw the emergence of new religious movements, led by the Nayanars (saints devoted to Shiva) and Alvars (saints devoted to ishnu) who came from all castes including those considered “untouchable” like the Pulaiyar and the Panars.A unique feature of most of the saints is that their works were composed in regional languages and could be sung.Kabir, who probably lived in the fifteenth-sixteenth centuries, was one of the most influential saints.From the heavens above, Christ, saints and angels gaze upon the scene.Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, the celebrated Sufi saint (see also Chapter 8) who settled there in the twelfth century, attracted devotees from all creeds.What a thunderclap these words were to me! Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall! My last French lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any more! I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds eggs, or going sliding on the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn t give up.Such people, especially craftspersons, peasants, traders and labourers, thronged to listen to these new saints and spread their ideas.Between the tenth and twelfth centuries the Chola and Pandya kings built elaborate temples around many of the shrines visited by the saint-poets, strengthening the links between the bhakti tradition and temple worship.People used it to write holy texts, chronicles of rulers, letters and teachings of saints, petitions and judicial records, and for registers of accounts and taxes.As the famous Gujarati saint Narsi Mehta said, “They are aishnavas who understand the pain of others.Thus the songs as we have them today are as much a creation of the saints as of generations of people who sang them.These saint-poets rejected all forms of ritualism, outward display of piety and social differences based on birth.They discussed spiritual matters, sought the blessings of the saints in solving their worldly problems, or simply attended the music and dance sessions.From the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries Maharashtra saw a great number of saint-poets, whose songs in simple Marathi continue to inspire people.