Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Songs of Kabir to unite all hearts

When Kabir was young he wanted Ramanand as his Guru, but since Kabir was a Muslim by birth (or brought up by Muslim parents), he was not sure how he will be accepted, so he laid on the steps of Ganga on the path way one early morning. Ramanand stepped on Kabir’s body and felt it’s on someone he had stepped, he says, ‘Ram Ram’ . Kabir took this as his Guru Upadesa.
What a glorious life/songs from Kabir to unite hearts if only we have the heart to read and accept, else we will still be struggling in the ocean of life.This is beautifully mentioned in தெய்வத்தின் குரல் by Kanchi Mahaswamigal.


O SERVANT, where dost thou seek Me?
Lo! I am beside thee.
I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash:
Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and renunciation.
If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a moment of time.
Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."


So long as man clamours for the I and the Mine, his works are as naught:
When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done.
For work has no other aim than the getting of knowledge:
When that comes, then work is put away.

ALL things are created by the Om;
What a way to describe the creation?

But that formless God takes a thousand forms in the eyes of His creatures:
What a way to describe the forms of God?

O SADHU! purify your body in the simple way.
As the seed is within the banyan tree, and within the seed are the flowers, the fruits, and the shade:
So the germ is within the body, and within that germ is the body again.
The fire, the air, the water, the earth, and the aether; you cannot have these outside of Him.
O, Kazi, O Pundit, consider it well: what is there that is not in the soul?
The water-filled pitcher is placed upon water, it has water within and without.
It should not be given a name, lest it call forth the error of dualism.
Kabîr says: "Listen to the Word, the Truth, which is your essence. He p. 94 speaks the Word to Himself; and He Himself is the Creator."



IF God be within the mosque, then to whom does this world belong?
If Ram be within the image which you find upon your pilgrimage, then who is there to know what happens without?
Hari is in the East: Allah is in the West. Look within your heart, for there you will find both Karim and Ram;
All the men and women of the world are His living forms.
Kabîr is the child of Allah and of Ram: He is my Guru, He is my Pir.


More in http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sok/sok002.htm

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