Kabir — "The breath is the boat, the mind is the oarsman. The body is the river, and the …"
The breath is the boat, the mind is the oarsman. The body is the river, and the ocean is God.
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
"Don't go to the garden of flowers! O friend! Go not there! In your body is the garden of flowers."
"The true devotion is to live in harmony with all creatures, and to see the divine in every form."
"If by worshipping stones one can find God, I shall worship a mountain."
"The mind is a monkey, and the heart is a bird. The monkey jumps, and the bird flies."
"The dog is loyal to his master, but the master is not loyal to his dog."
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.