Biography Presentation

Sant Kabir
•Subject : Scientific Studies of Mind, Matter, Spirit
and Consciousness
•Name : Pallavi Magar
•Class : Mechanical – A
•Roll No.: PA-113
Sant Kabir
• Sant Kabir was mystic poet whose
writings influenced the Hindu Bhakti
Movement and his versus are found
in the Sikh scripture call Adi Granth.
• According to Sant Kabir, “true God” is
with the person who is on the path of
righteousness, considers all creatures
as his own, and one who is passively
detached from the worldly affairs.
Early Life
• Kabir, the name, comes from Arabic al-Kabīr which
means “The Great” – the 37th name of God in
Islam.
• He was born in Banaras and is believed to have
been adopted by a Muslim weaver.
• As per Indian history, he is believed to have lived
for 120 years from 1398 to 1518.
• While Hindus claim him to be a Hindu saint,
Muslims call him a Sufi.
Work
• Kabir’s composition style was earthy and pithy,
interspersed with imagery and surprise.
• Kabir expressed his poems orally in Hindi, using
dialects such as Avadhi, Braj, and Bhojpuri, which
were spoken in the area.
• A major part of Kabir’s work was collected by Guru
Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh guru, who incorporated
them into the Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib.
• The poems are called variously as dohe, saloka and
sakhi. Sakhi means to be memorizes and to remind
the highest Truth.
• Some of the great writings of the Kabir Das are Bijak,
Kabir Granthawali, Anurag Sagar, Sakhi Granth etc.
Teachings
• Kabir Das is the first Indian saint who has coordinated the Hinduism and Islam by giving
a universal path which could be followed by both Hindus and Muslims.
• According to him every life has relationship with two spiritual principles (Jivatma and
Paramatma). His view about the moksha that, it is the process of uniting these two divine
principles.
• His great writing Bijak has huge a collection of poems which makes clear the Kabir’s
general view of the spirituality. He simply followed the oneness in the God. He has
always rejected the murti pujan in Hinduism and shown the clear confidence in bhakti and
Sufi ideas.
Legacy
• Kabir Das’s legacy is being continued by Kabir Panth
• Kabir Panth is the huge religious community which
identifies the Kabir as the originator of the Sant Mat sects.
• The members of Kabir Panth are known as the Kabir
panthis who have extended all over the over north and
central India.
• Kabir’s literature legacy was championed by two of his
disciples Dharmadas and Bhagodas.
• Songs of Sant Kabir were collected by Kshitimohan Sen
from medicaments across India and later translated in
English by Rabindranath Tagore.
 कबीरा खड़ा बाज़ार में, सबकी मांगे खैर.
ना काहू से दोस्ती, ना काहू से बैर.

Kabir ke
Dohe
बुरा जो देखन मैं चला, बुरा ना मिलिया कोई
जो दिल खोजा आपना, मुझसे बुरा ना कोई
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