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KABIR DAS......
Born : 1440
Varanasi (Benares), India,
Died : 1518
Maghar Gorakhpur,
Occupation : weaver (occupation)....
Sant Kabir Das
Sant Kabir Das was the great believer of the religious community, and he identified the Kabir as the originator of the Sant Mat section. He believed that human beings are equal and beings one with God is the ultimate aim of every individual.
The beginning term
Sant Kabir Das was the great Sant of India. He was one of the biggest poets of India. He was born in the year 1440.
He belonged from the very low-income family of Muslim weavers. He was the very spiritual person and became a great Sadhu.
The Sant Kabir Das was care taken by the Niru and Nima because he founded in Lehertara, a small town in Varanasi. There is no clue of the birth parent of the Kabir Das, but it considered that a Muslim family cared him.
Following the traditional manner, the caretaker gives him the name of ‘Kabir,’ which considered the ‘great one.’ He has displayed his pure talent at a young age.
In the traditions and culture, the Sant Kabir Das was great involvement, and from this involvement of him, people give great fame.
He wrote many of the poets, which are Bijak, Kabir Granthawali, Anurag Sagar, Sakhi Granth, etc.
Training of Sant Kabir Das
The Sant Kabir Das have got the all spiritual training from his Guru, whose name was Ramananda. He was getting the training from his childhood.
It was not possible for him but gets some initiation from Hindu, and he took recourse to a trick. The Sant Kabir Das following every step of the Ramananda takes the training.
By taking the spiritual training, he became a famous disciple of the Guru Ramananda. The house of the Kabir Das has accommodated students and scholars for living and studying his great works.
The teaching of Kabir Das
The Sant Kabir considered his spiritual training, which he had taken from his guru Ramananda. Ramananda was not acceptable to the Kabir Das as his disciple before starting.
One day, Sant Kabir Das had to lie down on the ladders of the pond and reading the mantra of Rama-Rama, early morning Guru Ramananda was going for bathing in lake and Kabir was following him.
Ramananda felt sorry for this activity, and finally, he accepts the Sant Kabir Das as his disciple.
It believed that Kabir’s family is still living in the Kabir Chaura in Varanasi.
There is the photo of Sant Kabir Math in the Varanasi where sent are busy in the singing Kabir Ke Dohe. It is the place of giving real education of life to the people.
The poetry of Kabir Das
The Sant Kabir Das may compose many of the poetry in his life. He wrote poems in a concise and straightforward style, which admire for the factual guru.
He was illiterate, but after that, he wrote the song in Hindi mixing with Avadhi, Braj, and Bhojpuri. He never takes granted that all people, who have insulted him about his illiteracy.
The Kabir Ke Dohe was famous in various languages, and his followers were given the response to his poetry. His poems variously divided into three types such as Dohe, Saloka and Sakhi.
Sakhi means to memorize and to remind the highest truth. It is learning, performing, and pondering over these utterances comprises for the Kabir and all his followers a way to the spiritual awakening.
The contribution of Kabir Das
Saint Kabir Das, a Bhakti and Sufi movement saint of medieval India, is extensively for his Bhakti movement in North India. His life cycle is centred in the region of Kashi.
He was related to the weaving occupation and cast of Julaha. His immense contribution towards the Bhakti Movement in India considered as a pioneered one along with the Farid, Ravidasand Namdev.He was a saint of combined mystical nature, which made him of a distinctive religion of his own. He said that the path of sufferings is the real love and life.In the fifteenth century, all the areas of life of people in the Varanasi firmly held by the Brahmin orthodoxy as well as learning centres.To make free the people from, Kabir Das had to work hard to preach his ideology as he belonged to the small caste, Julaha.He never felt difference among the people whether they are prostitutes, low caste or high caste.He preached to all by gathering self and his followers. He ridiculed by the Brahmins for his preaching activities but he never criticizes them back, and that’s why the ordinary people much liked him.He started reforming the mind of ordinary citizens towards the real truth through his couplets.He always objected the conventional and ascetic methods as a means of salvation.He said that goodness’s ruby has more value than the mines of ruby. According to him, the one’s heart with goodness includes all the prosperity of the whole world.A person with mercy has strength, forgiveness has the real existence of him, and individual with righteousness can quickly attain the never-ending life.He said that God is in your heart and ever with you, so offer inward worship to him.He had opened the mind of ordinary people by one of his examples that, if the traveller is not able to walk; what can the road do for the traveller.He opened the grave eyes of the people and taught them genuine to lessen of humanity, morality, and spirituality. He was a follower and promoter of the ahimsa.He had turned the people mind of his period through his revolutionary preach.There is no real proof and clue about his birth and family; some say he was from a Muslim family; some say he was from high-class Brahmin family.There was some disagreement among people related to the Muslim and Hindu about the funeral system after his death. His life history is legendary and still, teaches human beings a real humanity.
The religion of Kabir Das
True religion is a way of life the people live it and not made by the people own. According to him, the work is worship and responsibility are like religion.
He said that live your life, do responsibilities and do hard work to make your life eternal. Never go away from the functions of the lifelike having Sanyasa.
He appreciated and valued the family life which is the real meaning of life. It also mentioned in the Vedas that living life by leaving home and responsibilities is not the true dharma.
Living as a householder is also a significant and actual Sanyasa. Just like, Nirguna sadhus who live a family life, work hard for their regular daily bread as well as chant the name of God.
He has given the people an authentic fact about what is the religion of human beings the one should have. Such preachers of him have helped the citizens to understand the mystery of life very easily.
Idol of Kabir Das
His Guru Ramanand has given him the name of Lord Rama as a guru-mantra which he had interpreted in his way.
He was devoted to the Nirguna Bhakti and not to the Saguna Bhakti like his Guru. His Rama was an absolute pure Satchitananda, not the son of Dasharatha or king of Ayodhya as he said:
“Dasaratha like Ghar a janmey, yee shall Maya keen.”
He greatly influenced by the Buddhas and the Siddhas over Islamic tradition. According to him,
“Nirguna Nama japahu Rey Bhaiya, Avigati Ki gati Lakhi Na Jaiya.”
Never done partiality between Hindu and Muslim
He never differentiates between Allah and Rama; he always preached to the people that these are only different names of one God.
He said that there should be a religion of love and brotherhood among people without any high or low class or caste.
Devote and surrender yourself towards the God who has no religion or caste. He always believed in the Karma of life.
Work of Kabir Das
The messages in his writings directed towards those whom we call in modern day language as below poverty line were then called the downtrodden, poor, miserable, desolated and deprived of necessities like food, shelter, and clothing.
The primary purpose of his legends was to “protest against social discrimination and economic exploitation.”
The final term
His best work is ‘Bijak.’ He has his collection of writings including poetries that elucidated his universal spiritual point of view. His work is his legacy. He died in the year 1518.
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