Kabir — "I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came…"
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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"The potter makes pots, but the pots break. The weaver weaves cloth, but the cloth tears."
"The breath is the boat, the mind is the oarsman. The body is the river, and the ocean is God."
"Chalti chakki dekh kar, diya Kabira roye. Dui paatan ke beech mein, sabit bacha na koye. (Seeing the grinding mill, Kabir wept. Between the two stones, no one remains whole.)"
"The dog barks, but the caravan passes on. The world barks, but the truth remains."
"The wise man does not fear death, for he knows that it is but a door to another life."
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.