Kabir
1398-1518 120 years (say some followers)
1398-1448 50 years (say other historians)
aka: al-Kabir ("the Great", one of the "99 Names of Allah.")
Hindi: कबीर
Gurmukhī: ਕਬੀਰ
Urdu: کبير
1398-1518 120 years (say some followers)
1398-1448 50 years (say other historians)
aka: al-Kabir ("the Great", one of the "99 Names of Allah.")
Hindi: कबीर
Gurmukhī: ਕਬੀਰ
Urdu: کبير
Indian mystic, poet, Sufi, bhakti singer
born and lived in Benares (Varanasi), India, also called
Kashi in old times
was weaver by trade
criticised all religious sects
a contemporary of Guru Nanak, Sikhs hold Kabir in high
regard,
many of his poems and songs are in their holy book, the
Guru Granth.
facts of Kabir's life are highly dubious.
born and lived in Benares (Varanasi), India, also called
Kashi in old times
was weaver by trade
criticised all religious sects
a contemporary of Guru Nanak, Sikhs hold Kabir in high
regard,
many of his poems and songs are in their holy book, the
Guru Granth.
facts of Kabir's life are highly dubious.
| YouTube video on Kabir--pictures, music, English/Hindi text--09:52 |
| Kabir knows. What he is talking about is not an explanation, what he is talking about is an experience – he is sharing his joy, he is sharing something that he has known, he is singing the song about the unsung. Remember it, that whenever Kabir talks about God it is not a belief; he knows it, it is his experience. He is talking out of his experience, hence he can be of immense help to you... --Osho The Guest, ch. 1 |
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Osho has talked extensively on the life, poems, and songs of Kabir--here are some of the book titles: The Divine Melody Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language The Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty The Guest The Revolution The Path of Love The Great Secret |
| Kabir lived in Kashi, a place abounding in scholars. They believed it was enough to read, to accumulate knowledge from books. They were well versed in the Vedas, in the Upanishads and the the other scriptures, and they looked upon Kabir as ignorant, as an illiterate man. In one sense, you can say Kabir was illiterate. If you consider a scholar as literate, as a well educated man, then Kabir was definitely illiterate. But of what value is the scholar's knowledge? A scholar will go on and on about the immortality of the soul, but when death approaches you will find him trembling and weeping and wailing. All this talk of immortality will crumble into nothingness because he has not known it... --Osho The Great Secret, ch. 2 |