Associate Fellow Abstract (Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi’s ‘Stuticintamani’ is a preeminent figure in Odia devotional literature and the Mahima Dharma tradition. This piece articulates a deep synthesis of truth (satya) and religion (dharma) premised not in ritual authority, but in spiritual enlightenment. Bhima Bhoi explains truth as an inner, experiential knowledge of the Alekha — the formless, indescribable supreme reality — which all, regardless of caste, class, or education, should be granted access to. ‘Stuticintamani’s religion is not a matter of formality. It is ethical, compassionate, humble, self-purifying, and surrendering to the divine. The text does reject worship of idols and priestly authority and social hierarchies and asserts that authentic religion is being aware of the same essence of the unity of all, who experience pain only through the act of mercy. The focus of Bhima Bhoi is on universal love and empathy which is part of a humanitarian philosophy, which identifies personal salvation with a collective good. In this sense, ‘Stuticintamani’ reimagines religion as a matter of ‘lived truth’ in which the moral world is based on action and spiritual truth, delivering what would appear to be a radical and egalitarian alternative to religious orthodoxy. Through religious devotion and deep thinking, Bhima Bhoi asserts the truth as primary foundation of religion and human dignity.)
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