Songs attributed to Kabir
Transmitted through multiple oral and written traditions; individual editions do not represent one securely fixed authorial book.
Kabir
North Indian devotional poetry
The person behind the ideas
Kabir is traditionally remembered as a fifteenth-century poet and weaver of northern India. Poetry transmitted under his name questions religious pride and inherited social divisions while seeking direct devotion to the divine. His legacy lives in several communities and bodies of song, with differing accounts of his life.
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- Era
- Traditionally fifteenth century
- Notable works
- Songs attributed to Kabir
- Tradition
- North Indian devotional poetry
Ideas and outlook
Poetry transmitted under Kabir’s name challenges religious pride and social divisions. Its direct address invites the listener to seek a lived relationship with the divine, beyond outward display.
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Other quotes across journeys
Across India
O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath.
Songs of Kabir, I · excerpt
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Songs of Kabir, I · excerpt
The closing words of poem I in this collection. Kabir’s poetry circulated orally and in differing textual traditions; this later literary rendering is not a verbatim record of his speech.
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