Kabir — "Trust the still pond inside; it reflects the real sky."
Trust the still pond inside; it reflects the real sky.
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 lotus blooms in the mud, but it is not of the mud."
"Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story."
"The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it."
"O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Lo! I am beside thee. I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash."
"If you don't know what the dark is, you don't know what light is."
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.
Details
Inner stillness provides true reflection of reality, from his poetry (Dohas).
Date: 15th Century
Nature & WorldVerification
Unverifiable
Found in 1 providers: gemini
1 source checked