It is considered that the great poet, Saint Kabir Das, was born in the month of Jyestha on Purnima in the year 1440.
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He
was brought up in a family of Muslim julahas or
weavers settled in or near the city of Benares (Varanasi)
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fun fact
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Kabir Das Jayanti is celebrated all over India as well
as abroad by his followers and lovers on the 24th of June
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According to Islam, the meaning of the Kabir is
something very big and great.
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His ideas of a vast
collection of verses
called sakhis and pads
said
to have been composed
by him and sung by
wandering bhajan singers.
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One of his pads is
"Kaal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab
Pal mein pralaya hoyegi, bahuri karega kab”
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The pad before shown means:
Describing the importance of time,
Kabir Das ji says that whatever you have to do tomorrow,
do it today and whatever you have to do today, do it now,
life will end in no time, then what will you be able to do !!
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Some
of sakhis and pads were later collected and preserved in the Guru
Granth Sahib, Panch Vani and Bijak..
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Kabir’s teachings were based on a complete, indeed
vehement, rejection of the major religious traditions.
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His teachings openly ridiculed all forms of external
worship of both Brahmanical Hinduism and Islam.
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The pre-eminence of the priestly classes and the caste
system.
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The language of his poetry was a form of spoken Hindi
widely understood by ordinary people.
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Kabir das also sometimes used cryptic language, which is
difficult to follow.
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facts
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1)Kabir Panth is a huge religious community that identifies Kabir as the originator.
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2)All members of Kabir Panth are known as the Kabir panthis who had extended
all over the north and central India.
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Fun Facts
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1)It is considered that he got all his spiritual training from his Guru named,
Ramananda, in his early childhood.
2) he became a well-known disciple of guru Ramananda.
3) There is no clue of the birth parent of the Kabir Das as he was founded in
Lehartara, a small town in Varanasi by the Niru and Nima (his caretaker parents).
4) His parents were extremely poor and uneducated but they heartily adopted
the little baby .
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pads
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“Guru govind dohu khade, kake lagu paanye
Balihari guru aapne govind diyo bataye”
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“Kaal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab
Pal mein pralaya hoyegi, bahuri karega kab”
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“Bura jo dekhan mein chala, bura na milaya koye
Jo man dekha aapna, mujhse bura na koye”