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What were the views of these saints?
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Answer
- These saint-poets rejected all forms of ritualism, outward display of piety and social differences based on birth.
- Actually they even rejected the idea of renunciation.
- They preferred to live with their families, earning their livelihood like any other person, while humbly serving fellow human beings in need.
- A new humanist idea emerged as they insisted that Bhakti lay in sharing others pain.
- The famous Gujarati saint Narsi Mehta said "They are vaishnavas who understand the pain of others".
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