Songs of Kabir

KABIR'S POEMS explores the spiritual journey beyond rituals and castes. Kabir, with profound simplicity, emphasizes the presence of the divine within everyone and the futility of searching for God in specific places or practices. He asserts that God transcends religious confines, existing beyond temples, mosques, or any physical or societal boundaries. True seekers, Kabir notes, can find God in their immediate presence, for God is "the breath of all breath." Furthermore, he illustrates that spiritual seeking is universal, transcending all castes and religions, with the common goal of finding God, who resides beyond distinctions and labels.

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About the Author: Rabindranath Tagore
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KABIR'S POEMS

I

I. 13. mo ko kahân dhûnro bande

O servant, where dost thou seek Me?

Lo! I am beside thee.

I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash:

Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and renunciation.

If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a moment of time.

Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."

II

I. 16. Santan jât na pûcho nirguniyân

It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;

For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God.

It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be;

The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter--

Even Raidas was a seeker after God.

The Rishi Swapacha was a tanner by caste.

Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.

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