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“He is the limit and the limitless.”
paradoxSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Beyond limits and the limitless is He, the pure Being.”
transcendenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“He is the immanent mind in Brahma and in the creature.”
immanenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Kabir says: 'O brother, where can I find words to describe my Beloved?'”
ineffableSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“For all His names are the noblest of the noble; the most beautiful of the beautiful.”
praiseSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“All the men and women of the world are His living forms.”
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Kabir is the child of Allah and of Ram: He is my Guru, He is my Pir.”
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“He who knows within his body the essence of the Lord, his is the perfect saint.”
realizationSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“There the Unstruck Music sounds of itself.”
silenceSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“There the streams of love flow in all colours.”
loveSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Look upon life and death; there is no separation between them.”
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“The right hand and the left hand are one and the same.”
unitySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Whilst we are in the body, all that we hear and all that we see is His Music.”
perceptionSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“There the Lord Himself is the Witness — He who is fashioning the world.”
witnessSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Where is the night, when the sun shines? If it is night, then the sun withdraws his light.”
claritySongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“Where there is knowledge, can ignorance endure? If there be ignorance, then knowledge dies.”
knowledgeSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“If there be lust, how can love be there?”
loveSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“There is no love where there is selfishness; for true love and selfishness are foes.”
loveSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
“As is the tree, so is the seed; as is the deed, so is the result.”
karmaSongs of Kabir (Tagore 1915)
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