Kabir — "O scholars, you are mistaken; there's no creator or creation there [in the exper…"

O scholars, you are mistaken; there's no creator or creation there [in the experience of Unity]. There's no radiant form, no time, no word, no flesh, or faith; no cause or effect, or even a thought of the Vedas. There's no Hari or Brahma, no Shiva or Shakti, no pilgrimages or rituals; There is no mother, no father, no Guru; think! Is it two or is It One? Kabir says: If you understand this, you are the teacher and I am the disciple.
Kabir — Kabir Medieval · Indian mystic poet

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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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Challenging conventional religious and philosophical concepts in the context of ultimate unity, from his poetry (Bijak).

Date: 15th Century

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