Kabir — "The cow eats grass, but gives milk. The human eats food, but gives words."
The cow eats grass, but gives milk. The human eats food, but gives words.
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"If you don't find your soul in the world, look for it in words."
"The world is a mirror, and we are its reflections; let us reflect the beauty of God, and not our own ugliness."
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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.