Kabir — "Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story."
Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story.
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"Real wealth is measured by the silence after laughter ends."
"Bada hua to kya hua, jaise ped khajoor. Panthi ko chhaya nahin, phal lage atidoor. (What good is it to be big like a date palm tree? It gives no shade to travelers, and its fruit is far out of reach.)"
"The world is a stage, and we are its actors; let us play our roles with sincerity, for the show will soon be over."
"The wind blows, and the dust rises. But the dust cannot touch the wind."
"The earth is a dish, and the sky is a lid. The sun and moon are lamps, and the stars are jewels."
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.