Kabir — "He wraps gold in dust, who wishes for beauty without struggle."
He wraps gold in dust, who wishes for beauty without struggle.
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"The true religion is to know God, and to serve his creation."
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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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The necessity of effort and struggle for true beauty or value, from his poetry (Dohas).
Date: 15th Century
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