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Sep 24, 2024 · 1518, Maghar (aged 78) Kabir (born 1440, Varanasi, Jaunpur, India—died 1518, Maghar) was an iconoclastic Indian poet-saint revered by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The birth of Kabir remains shrouded in mystery and legend. One tradition holds that he was born in 1398, which would have made him 120 years old at his death.
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t. e. Kabir (1398–1518 CE) [ 1 ]: 14–15 was a well-known Indian mystic poet and sant. His verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, [ 2 ] and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Today, Kabir is an important figure in Hinduism, Sikhism and in Sufism. [ 6 ]
- Nirgun Poems: Devotion to The Formless Divine
- Praise to The Guru
- Life & Legends
- The Kabir Lineage & Institutions
- A Beloved Rascal
- Champion of The Downtrodden
- Kabir’s Way with Words
- Couplets from The Bījak
- Popular Bhajans
- Poet’S Praise
Kabir’s poems invite us to rethink our ideas of devotion and of God. While affirming some traditional aspects of worship, he decimates others. This epigram draws out two basic aspects of Kabir’s bhakti: all-inclusivity, and God as protector. So I’m born a weaver, so what? I’ve got the Lord in my heart. Kabir: secure in the arms of Ram, free from ev...
The necessity to seek guidance from a guru or “true teacher” is underscored in the poetry of Kabir, an ideology parallel to traditional Hindu thought. Kabir’s stance on the role of the teacher is clear in this popular couplet that begins with guru gobind dou khade / kake lagoon pay?His answer is definitive: Guru and God are before me. Whose feet sh...
There are two kabirs that we are simultaneously negotiating within our understanding: the Kabir of legend, and the actual man who belonged to early modern times. The latter Kabir, the historical poet-saint, lived in North India at a time when there was political unrest, with the Persian invaders’ rule in decline. Kabir, and Guru Nanak in the follow...
The two kabir maths in varanasi, as well as those in other cities in India, are facilities through which the poet-saint’s teachings are kept alive and current, with dedicated spaces and committed monks and leaders who spread Kabir’s messages to people today. These centers are run by Kabir Panthis, a religious sect of Kabir followers who attempt to ...
The poetry of kabir transcends the orthodoxies of the religious traditions that claim the mystic as their own today. Practices that he challenged include undertaking pilgrimage, visiting places of worship and engaging in ritualistic prayer. Kabir’s focus instead is on popular, practical wisdom, infused with nirgun ideas of guru, God, life and death...
By Dr. Rajani Kant, Director/General Secretary Human Welfare Association, Varanasi The words of kabir relate most directly to the common man, the disadvantaged section of society, the marginalized communities that face struggles and discrimination based on financial status, jati, creed and gender. He demonstrates in his poetry a revolutionary attit...
Kabir’s words were primarily in two literary genres: rhymed couplets (known as doha, sakhi orshalok) and lyric poems (shabda, shabad, pad orbhajan), in addition to the ramaini and folk song forms. The lyric poems, commonly known as bhajans, vary in meter and are usually six to eighteen lines in length, while the couplets are comprised of four half-...
If you know you’re alive, find the essence of life. Life is the sort of guest you don’t meet twice. 10 The three worlds are a cage, virtue and vice a net. Every creature is the prey, and one hunter: Death. 19 Color is born of color. I see all colors one. What color is a living creature? Solve it if you can. 24 Who recognizes Ram’s name, the bars of...
Jhīnī jhīnī bīnī chadariyā Subtle, subtle, subtle is the weave of that cloth. What is the warp what is the weft with what thread did he weave that cloth? Right and left are warp and weft with the thread at the centre he wove that cloth The spinning wheel whirled eight lotuses, five elements, three qualities, he wove that cloth It took ten months to...
“Singing Kabir is always an uplifting experience. Kabir, the no-nonsense mystic poet, talks of yoga (awakening of the kundalini) as the only way to reach God/higher planes of existence. His singular message of looking inwards and finding the entire universe there is timeless. I no longer feel compelled to enter big temples or other such holy places...
Jun 13, 2024 · Kabir. (Saint and Mystic Poet) Kabir was a much revered 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint whose writings inspired people hailing from all faiths including Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. Several of his verses are included in the Sikh’s Holy Scripture Adi Granth. The details surrounding his birth are obscure though it is known that he was ...
Feb 16, 2022 · All about Kabir. By Syama Allard February 16, 2022. His name is Arabic for “great,” and so he was for what he gave to the world : a collection of poetic works that are recited and sung more than 500 years after his time, touching and inspiring the lives of millions, and not just in India, but throughout the world.
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May 17, 2018 · KABIR. KABIR (1440–1518), mystic poet Although tradition states that Kabir was born in 1398 and lived to be 120 years old, he was born in 1440 and lived only until 1518. He is the most quoted poet, apart from Tulsidas (1532–1623), in India. He was a disciple of Ramananda (c. 1400–c. 1470), the Hindu mystic poet.
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Kabir c. 1440-c. 1518. (Also known as Kabīr-Dās) Indian poet, mystic, and religious reformer. The following entry presents criticism of Kabir's poetry from 1915 through 1993. Kabir is considered ...
