Saint Kabir Das biography and teaching

1. Assignment
Class presentation
“Saint kabir das”
23rd march 2017
Presented to:
Ms. Shalini Joshi
Assistant
professor
ASE Instructor
Presented by:
Ms. Poonam
Somra
B.B.A+LL.B
(2nd semester)

2. Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint,
whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and
his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Adi Granth.
 His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly
influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti
leader Ramananda.
Kabir suggested that True God is with the person who is
on the path of righteousness.
Kabir's legacy survives and continues through the Kabir
panth ("Path of Kabir").
Who was Kabir Das ji ?

3. Born: uncertain (1398 or 1440 CE)
Lahartara near Kashi (present day Varanasi)
Died : uncertain (1448 or 1518 CE)
Maghar
Occupation : Weaver, poet
Known for : influencing the Bhakti movement,
Sant Mat and Kabir Panth movements. Having
hymns included in the Guru Granth Sahib
Movement : Bhakti (Ramananda's disciple)
Parents : Neeru (father)
Neema (mother)
early life and background

4. POETRY
Kabir composed poems in a pithy and earthy
style, fused with imagery.
 His poems were in vernacular Hindi,
borrowing from various dialects
including Avadhi, Braj, and Bhojpuri.
His verbally composed poems of wisdom as
"bāņīs" (utterances).
Literary works with compositions attributed to
Kabir include Kabir Bijak, Kabir Parachai, Sakhi
Granth, Adi Granth (Sikh), and Kabir
Granthawali (Rajasthan).
Indian postage stamp
portraying Kabir, 1952

5. 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.
Kabir is the child of Allah and of Ram: He is my Guru, He is my Pir.
— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
Kabir's couplets suggest he was persecuted for his views, while he
was alive. He stated, for example,
Saints I see the world is mad.
If I tell the truth they rush to beat me,
if I lie they trust me.
Famous poetry and sayings

6. Famous dohe /sakhi
Bada hua toh kya hua jaise ped khajur,
Panchi ko chaya nahi, phal lage ati door
Guru govind dono khade, kaake lagu paaye
Balihari guru aapno, govind diyo bataye

7. teachings
Kabir’s philosophical tenets were extremely simple. He was known as
the guiding spirit of the Bhakti Movement. He preached Bhakti or
‘Devotion’ through the medium of his ‘Dohas’.
Love:
God:
Teacher:
The Path of Bhakti:
Soul:
 “Chalti Chaki dikhakari diya Kabiri roi Dau pat an ke bich Sabita
Bacha na koi”

8. legacy
Kabir's legacy continues to be carried forward by the Kabir
panth ("Path of Kabir"), a religious community that recognises him as
its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects
Kabir's literature legacy was championed by two of his disciples,
Bhāgodās and Dharmadās.
Songs of Kabir were collected by Kshitimohan Sen from mendicants
across India, these were then translated to English by Rabindranath
Tagore.[47]

9. criticism
Kabir has been criticised for his depiction of women. According to
Kabir, a woman prevents man's spiritual progress.
Woman ruins everything when she comes near man;
Devotion, liberation, and divine knowledge no longer enter his soul.
— Kabir, Translated by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

10. references
kabir das ji - Google Search www.google.co.in
life and Teachings of Kabir www.yourarticlelibrary.com
Kabir – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
famous dohe by kabir das ji ucha hua to kya hua - Google Search
www.google.co.in