1. Write the message of Kabirdas,
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To help the needy
Don’t used bad words for anyone
Always speak truth
Pls mark it as brainiest
Don’t used bad words for anyone
Always speak truth
Pls mark it as brainiest
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MESSAGE OF KABIR DAS JI
A shining star in the galaxy of great Indian saints, Kabir was one of the chief exponents of the spirituality which has always been the inner experiential core of religions and the connecting thread of humanity. He was born at a time when the Bhakti Movement was in full swing in medieval 15th century India. A mystic, a sworn enemy of ritualism, who tore to shreds rituals and ceremonies by showing the hypocrisy involved, a bridge between Hindus and Muslims, he was amongst the most renowned saints of that revolutionary age. His thoughts and sayings penetrated practically everywhere in the country and helped further the cause of religious reformation.
According to a prevailing legend, a brahmin took his widowed daughter to have darshan of the great ascetic teacher Ramananda who, not knowing her situation, wished on her the blessing of a son. His words couldn’t be retracted and when the child was born, his mother placed him on a lotus in Laharata Lake on the outskirts of Varanasi to conceal her shame. A Muslim weaver, Niru and his wife Nima, who were childless, noticed the beautiful newborn afloat on a giant lotus leaf. They considered the playful child to be a gift from God and adopted him. This supposedly happened around 1398 AD in the month of Jyeshth (May/June). A Qazi (Muslim scholar) was invited to name the baby. He opened the holy Quran and found the name ‘Kabir’, which means ‘the great one’. The Qazi, being reluctant to give this name to a poor weaver’s son, opened the Quran a number of times but the same name, which is one of the 99 names of God given in that scripture, appeared, so he was named ‘Kabir’.
Though Kabir was brought up in a Muslim weaver’s family, he liked the Hindu names for God such as ‘Govinda’, ‘Rama’ and ‘Hari’. The Muslim ruler at the time happened to be orthodox and intolerant and religious tyranny was common. As a result, ill-will rather than harmony marked relations between the two chief communities. Under the circumstances, it was a bit embarrassing for those in the weaver’s family circle to hear Kabir chant “Ram-Ram”. Muslims too found his ways annoying and many said that the boy would grow into an infidel. Kabir’s answer was that an infidel is one who appropriates other people’s property, cheats the world through hypocrisy and kills innocent creatures. Kabir thus faced a religious dilemma, because he was a target of Muslim criticism when he chanted ‘Rama’ or ‘Hari’; but when he wore a Hindu sacred thread and placed a tika on his forehead, the Brahmins became angry and shouted,”You have no Guru. How can you make up your own way to salvation?”
As he grew up and the subject of his formal education arose, he was convinced that all that one needed to learn were the letters comprising ‘Rama’, the name of the Lord he adored and worshipped. There was no need to learn the alphabet, as it emanated from the omnipresent Word of God. So he declared that he wouldn’t touch paper or ink, as the human body is itself a sacred book composed by the Almighty, to read which we have to turn within and realise the universal essence of life, so minutely and magnificently woven by our Creator. Kabir remained illiterate, but he acquired the real education of inner wisdom and spiritual insight from the divine Book of Life and extensive contact with saints and seers of different faiths over a number of years.
A shining star in the galaxy of great Indian saints, Kabir was one of the chief exponents of the spirituality which has always been the inner experiential core of religions and the connecting thread of humanity. He was born at a time when the Bhakti Movement was in full swing in medieval 15th century India. A mystic, a sworn enemy of ritualism, who tore to shreds rituals and ceremonies by showing the hypocrisy involved, a bridge between Hindus and Muslims, he was amongst the most renowned saints of that revolutionary age. His thoughts and sayings penetrated practically everywhere in the country and helped further the cause of religious reformation.
According to a prevailing legend, a brahmin took his widowed daughter to have darshan of the great ascetic teacher Ramananda who, not knowing her situation, wished on her the blessing of a son. His words couldn’t be retracted and when the child was born, his mother placed him on a lotus in Laharata Lake on the outskirts of Varanasi to conceal her shame. A Muslim weaver, Niru and his wife Nima, who were childless, noticed the beautiful newborn afloat on a giant lotus leaf. They considered the playful child to be a gift from God and adopted him. This supposedly happened around 1398 AD in the month of Jyeshth (May/June). A Qazi (Muslim scholar) was invited to name the baby. He opened the holy Quran and found the name ‘Kabir’, which means ‘the great one’. The Qazi, being reluctant to give this name to a poor weaver’s son, opened the Quran a number of times but the same name, which is one of the 99 names of God given in that scripture, appeared, so he was named ‘Kabir’.
Though Kabir was brought up in a Muslim weaver’s family, he liked the Hindu names for God such as ‘Govinda’, ‘Rama’ and ‘Hari’. The Muslim ruler at the time happened to be orthodox and intolerant and religious tyranny was common. As a result, ill-will rather than harmony marked relations between the two chief communities. Under the circumstances, it was a bit embarrassing for those in the weaver’s family circle to hear Kabir chant “Ram-Ram”. Muslims too found his ways annoying and many said that the boy would grow into an infidel. Kabir’s answer was that an infidel is one who appropriates other people’s property, cheats the world through hypocrisy and kills innocent creatures. Kabir thus faced a religious dilemma, because he was a target of Muslim criticism when he chanted ‘Rama’ or ‘Hari’; but when he wore a Hindu sacred thread and placed a tika on his forehead, the Brahmins became angry and shouted,”You have no Guru. How can you make up your own way to salvation?”
As he grew up and the subject of his formal education arose, he was convinced that all that one needed to learn were the letters comprising ‘Rama’, the name of the Lord he adored and worshipped. There was no need to learn the alphabet, as it emanated from the omnipresent Word of God. So he declared that he wouldn’t touch paper or ink, as the human body is itself a sacred book composed by the Almighty, to read which we have to turn within and realise the universal essence of life, so minutely and magnificently woven by our Creator. Kabir remained illiterate, but he acquired the real education of inner wisdom and spiritual insight from the divine Book of Life and extensive contact with saints and seers of different faiths over a number of years.
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