Kabir: The bhakti path winds in a delicate way

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The bhakti path winds in a delicate way

Kabir, Kabir poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Yoga / Hindu poetry

by Kabir
(15th Century) Timeline

English version by
Robert Bly

Original Language
Hindi

Muslim / Sufi

Yoga / Hindu

15th Century

The bhakti path winds in a delicate way.
On this path there is no asking and not asking.
The ego simply disappears the moment you touch him.
The joy of looking for him is so immense that you just dive in,
and coast around like a fish in the water.
If anyone needs a head, the lover leaps up to offer his.
Kabir's poems touch on the secrets of this bhakti.

-- from The Kabir Book: Forty-Four fo the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir, Translated by Robert Bly

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Themes

Bliss

Lover and Beloved

Smile

Water

Recommended Books

	The Bijak of Kabir, Translated by Linda Hess / Translated by Shukdeo Singh
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
	The Kabir Book: Forty-Four fo the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir, Translated by Robert Bly
	Kabir: The Weaver's Songs, by Kabir / Translated by Vinay Dharwadker

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