Thank you, Danny

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Dear Danny,

 

Thank you for the same.

 

Regards,

 

Rajan

> ,,Kabir was born about 1440 (probably), and was a

> contemporary of the

> founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak (possibly

> his mentor). A

> weaver by trade, and a mystic by nature, his

> spiritual vision accepted

> no division between Life and Creator, man and God,

> as evinced by the

> following excerpts; " I Laugh when I hear that the

> fish in the water is

> thirsty: You do not see that the Real is in your

> home, and you

> wander...listlessly! Here is the truth! Go where you

> will...if you do

> not find your soul, the world is unreal to you. " and

> ... " Kabir says,

> God is the breath of all breath " . Many of these

> songs contain

> criticism, not of " worldly " people who lived

> materialistically, but of

> renunciates who sought God outside of life and

> relationships; " The

> infinite dwelling of the Infinite Being is

> everywhere: in earth,

> water, sky, and air...He who is within is without; I

> see Him and none

> else " . This translation by Tagore also contains

> allusions to Kabirs'

> cosmology and essential spiritual practice

> (absorbtion into the Divine

> Word or creative power) missing in the naturalistic

> and minimalistic

> interpretatations of Robert Bly. The poems, or

> songs, themselves are

> remarkably fresh, as if they contained the living

> inspiration which

> gave them form, and remain, as it were, untouched by

> time.,,

> http://doormann.tripod.com/kabirsongs.htm

>

> Dear Rajan,I add the above for clarification...

> danny

 

 

 

 

 

 

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