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Kabir
(about 1440-1518, India)
Biography Excerpt:
Kabir had little patience for narrow mindedness of spirit, whether Hindu or Muslim. Rather, he sought to dance in pure rapture with the infinite, the fathomless. This heart-filled mystic spoke to the common folk of his day: the priests and the warriors, tradesmen and barbers, washwomen and carpenters, sadhus (wandering spiritual seekers) and beggars. This simple and uneducated man, an ecstatic poet, weaver, musician, husband, and father, rejected austerities and found little virtue in asceticism.
Enlightenment Story Excerpt:
Behold what wonderful rest is in the Supreme
Spirit !
and he enjoys it, who makes himself meet
for it.
Held by the cords of love, the swing of
the Ocean of Joy
sways to and fro; and a mighty sound
breaks forth in song.
See what a lotus blooms there without water
!
and Kabir says"My heart's bee drinks
its nectar."
What a wonderful lotus it is, that blooms
at the heart of the spinning wheel of the universe! Only a few pure souls
know of its true delight.
Music is all around it, and there the heart
partakes of the joy of the Infinite Sea.
Kabir says: " Dive thou into that Ocean
of sweetness: thus let all errors of life and of death fiee away."