Kabir

Kabir

Influential mystic poet who bridged Hindu-Muslim spiritual traditions.

A low-caste weaver who became a revolutionary mystic poet, bridging Hindu and Muslim spiritual traditions through penetrating philosophical verses that cut through religious hypocrisy and social divisions. His raw, uncompromising poetry challenged the rigid religious orthodoxies of his time, emphasizing direct spiritual experience over ritualistic practices. Kabir's teachings highlighted the fundamental unity of human experience, critiquing both Hindu and Muslim establishments while offering a profound, inclusive spiritual vision.

Kabir Quotes about Body

AllHeart(9)God(8)Love(8)Body(8)Truth(7)Mind(6)World(5)Life(4)Sound(4)Music(4)Divine(3)Friend(3)Human(3)Spirit(3)Eyes(3)
  • Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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  • It is time to put up a love-swing! Tie the body and then tie the mind so that they swing between the arms of the Secret One you love, Bring the water that falls from the clouds to your eyes, and cover yourself inside entirely with the shadow of night. Bring your face up close to his ear, and then talk only about what you want deeply to happen.
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  • Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
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  • Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
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  • Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! ...just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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  • Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments. That music of the Word pervades the entire creation. Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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  • Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn't give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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  • There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!
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