Kabir
Quotes
A low-caste weaver who became a revolutionary mystic poet, bridging Hindu and Muslim spiritual traditions through penetrating philosophical verses that cut through religious hypocrisy and social divisions. His raw, uncompromising poetry challenged the rigid religious orthodoxies of his time, emphasizing direct spiritual experience over ritualistic practices. Kabir's teachings highlighted the fundamental unity of human experience, critiquing both Hindu and Muslim establishments while offering a profound, inclusive spiritual vision.
Kabir
Quotes
A low-caste weaver who became a revolutionary mystic poet, bridging Hindu and Muslim spiritual traditions through penetrating philosophical verses that cut through religious hypocrisy and social divisions. His raw, uncompromising poetry challenged the rigid religious orthodoxies of his time, emphasizing direct spiritual experience over ritualistic practices. Kabir's teachings highlighted the fundamental unity of human experience, critiquing both Hindu and Muslim establishments while offering a profound, inclusive spiritual vision.
The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!
As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
