Kabir — "The cow eats grass, but gives milk. The human eats food, but gives words."
The cow eats grass, but gives milk. The human eats food, but gives words.
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"The dog barks, but the caravan passes on. The world barks, but the truth remains."
"Hindu and Muslim are pots of the same clay; but the potter has given them different names."
"The world is a stage, and we are its actors; let us play our roles with sincerity, for the show will soon be over."
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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.