Kabir: lift the veil

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lift the veil

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

by Kabir
(15th Century) Timeline

English version by
Sushil Rao

Original Language
Hindi

Muslim / Sufi

Yoga / Hindu

15th Century

lift the veil
that obscures
the heart

and there
you will find
what you are
looking for

/ Photo by D Sharon Pruitt /

Themes

Heart

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
	Kabir: The Weaver's Songs, by Kabir / Translated by Vinay Dharwadker
	Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
	One Hundred Poems of Kabir: Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, by Kabir / Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

A short one today, but one that says plenty...

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