Kabir — "Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story."
Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story.
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"The true devotion is to live in harmony with all creatures, and to see the divine in every form."
"Trust the still pond inside; it reflects the real sky."
"If you want to find God, stop looking for him in temples and mosques. Look inside your own heart."
"I am not in the temple, nor in the mosque, nor in the Kaaba, nor in Kailash. I am not in rites or ceremonies, nor in yoga or renunciation."
"If you want to know the secret, learn to see with your heart, not with your eyes."
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.