Kabir — "To name the sky is to forget its endless blue."
To name the sky is to forget its endless blue.
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"The world is a stage, and we are its actors; let us play our roles with sincerity, for the show will soon be over."
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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.
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Suggesting that intellectual labels limit true perception of the infinite, from his poetry (Dohas).
Date: 15th Century
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