Kabir

Kabir

Kabir Das

c. 1440-1518 • Indian

BhaktiSufism

15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. His verses blend Hindu and Islamic devotion, speaking of direct experience of the divine.

Key Works

  • Bijak
  • Songs of Kabir
105

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Quotes by Kabir

105 quotes
Two birds sing there; one is the Guru, and the other the disciple.
teachingSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and tastes them, and the Guru beholds him in joy.
witnessSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
What Kabir says is hard to understand: 'The bird is beyond seeking, yet it is most clearly visible.'
paradoxSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
The formless is in the midst of all forms.
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Where forms come and go, my Beloved is not there.
transcendenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
He is just Himself, His own resounding music.
divineSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Of the same dye are this world and that beyond.
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Listen to the Unstruck Music; it is heard above and below.
silenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Within and without, there is only one love.
loveSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Where is the need of words, when love has made drunken the heart?
loveSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
It is wrong if we speak of God as Mahadeva, when we ought to speak of Him as the Eternal.
namingSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
He is neither Brahma nor Vishnu nor Shiva, nor Rama nor Krishna; He has no name and no form.
formlessSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
It is the mercy of my true Guru that has made me to know the unknown.
graceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
I have learned from Him how to walk without feet, to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to drink without mouth.
subtleSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
To dance without feet — that is the meeting of Brahma and the Atma.
unionSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
Kabir says: 'When the soul is conjoined with God, what need have we of words?'
silenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
He is the tree, the seed, and the germ. He is the flower, the fruit, and the shade.
omnipresenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
He is the sun, the light, and the lighted.
omnipresenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
He is Brahma, creature, and Maya. He is the manifold form, the infinite space.
omnipresenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
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