Kabir — "The world is a prison, and we are its prisoners; let us break free from its chai…"
The world is a prison, and we are its prisoners; let us break free from its chains, and find liberation.
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 bird sings, but it does not know why. The human speaks, but he does not know why."
"Grow not in height alone; stretch your roots in grateful earth."
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."
"The true knowledge is to know oneself, and to know God."
"The river within can only be crossed when silence is deep enough."
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