Kabir — "Those who chase shadows overlook the sun shining in their pocket."
Those who chase shadows overlook the sun shining in their pocket.
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"The tree is in the seed, the seed is in the tree. The world is in the body, the body is in the world."
"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.)"
"Patience does what force cannot: it reveals the heart's true colors."
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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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People seek external fulfillment while overlooking inner abundance, from his poetry (Dohas).
Date: 15th Century
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