{"product_id":"one-palace-a-thousand-doorways-songlines-through-bhakti-sufi-and-baul-oral-traditions-9789389231243","title":"One Palace, a Thousand Doorways: Songlines Through Bhakti, Sufi and Baul Oral Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Like Kabir's \"brilliant palace\" (meaning the human body), this collection of poetry and reflection glows with vibrant colours... This book is a doorway to the living traditions of South Asia's great mystical poetry. Step in to find joy, sorrow, wisdom, humour, love, challenge, and perhaps inspiration to enter the singing fields yourself '--Linda Hess, author of Bodies of Song and The Bijak of Kabir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique textual compilation for the modern seeker, this exceptional book brings together some of the greatest songs by Bhakti, Sufi and Baul mystic poets of northern India for the first time. Kabir, Nanak Das, Gorakhnath, Mira Bai, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Bulleshah, Lalon Fakir, and Parvathy Baul, among others, illuminate the human condition with an enduring wisdom that resonates today as it did in centuries past. Variously acerbic or sensual, irreverent or devotional--and always incandescent and intimate--these songs explode beyond narrow religiosity and open doorways to the palace of true experience: ecstatic unity of the self with the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis carefully curated selection of 140 timeless songs in lucid translation and transliteration, accompanied with insightful commentary, is the result of Rikhi and Virmani's extensive research and travel across the subcontinent over two decades. Drawing upon the shared and many-splendoured spiritual heritage of the Indic civilization, \u003cem\u003eOne Palace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ea Thousand Doorways\u003c\/em\u003e lights up a path to profound fulfilment and bliss amidst the frenetic demands of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789389231243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.67d","brand":"Vipul Rikhi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38015213732021,"sku":"9789389231243","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1329976a-7b1f-4804-a599-c73f70bbfea9.jpg?v=1609152905","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-palace-a-thousand-doorways-songlines-through-bhakti-sufi-and-baul-oral-traditions-9789389231243","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}