The Bijak of KabirKabir was an extraordinary oral poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He may have been illiterate and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncompromising message that exhorted his audience to shed their delusions, pretentions, and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense, direct, and personal confrontation with the truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important, and is the sacred book of those who follow Kabir. |
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Appendix Bhagatahi Bhagavad Gītā bhakti Bijak birth body Brahma Brahmin breath brother Buddhist burn called caryā chakras clay commentaries couplet creature crow death delusion devotees drop Dvivedi elephant Eliade experience false fish flower fool Ganga Glossary goes Gorakhnath Granth Granthāvalī guru Hari hatha yoga head heart Hindi Hindu holy Ibid Indian interpretations jīva Kabīr Kabir Panth Kabir says Krishna Kvaerne language lion listen live mantra Maya meaning meditation mind mouse mouth Muslim Nath pada pandit Panth poet Ram's ramainī Rewa rhyme Śabda sadhu sahaja saints sākhī samsāra Sanskrit say Ram says Kabir Shiva Shudra Singh singing snake songs swan symbol tantric tantrism teaching tell there's things three worlds Tivari tongue touch tradition translated tree truth ulațbāmsī poems understand untouchable Upanishads upside-down Varanasi Vaudeville Vedas verse Vishnu what's Who's word yoga yogi yogic