Kabir — "The water is clear, but the fish are muddy. The sky is clear, but the clouds are…"
The water is clear, but the fish are muddy. The sky is clear, but the clouds are muddy.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Kabir
"The sun rises, and the moon sets. The day ends, and the night begins. But the truth remains."
"The lotus blooms in the mud, but it is not of the mud."
"He who carries little walks freely under the burdened sky."
"If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?"
"Spiritual wisdom grows wild in the garden of surrender."
About Kabir (c. 1440-1518)
Indian mystic poet whose verses (preserved in the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib and the Hindu Bhakti tradition) attacked both Hindu and Islamic orthodoxy. Closely associated with Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism, who incorporated Kabir's verses). For an intellectual contrast, see Brahmanical priesthood, the ritualistic Hindu establishment of his era — Kabir's poetry is the founding text of bhakti devotional rebellion against ritualistic Hinduism — his verses ridicule caste, ritual purity, and priestly mediation as religious theatre.
Verification
Unverifiable
Found in 1 providers: grok
1 source checked