Kabir — "The seeker is thirsty, but the water is in the well. The well is in the house, b…"
The seeker is thirsty, but the water is in the well. The well is in the house, but the house is locked.
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"The wise man does not boast of his knowledge, nor does he hide his ignorance."
"The world is a dream, and life is a play. The actors are many, but the director is one."
"The lamp is in the house, but the blind man cannot see it."
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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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