Tag: Kabir

Kabir song – tamburitza

Link to Original Document I will give the lyrics then explain Ho saadho! (O wise ones!) Yeh tan thaat tambure ka (This Body is a Splendid Tambura) Paanch tatv ka bana hai tambura (Made of the five elements) Taar laga nau ture ka (strung together wth nine resonances) Aicat taar marodat khoonti (Tighten the strings, …

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Mansoor

Link to Original Document I have a story of a Saint. I am not sure of the name – something like Mansoor…..a sufi saint I can’t verify the accuracy neither can I confirm the time. About 300 years ago in northern India Take it as you will – my point ? He remained United in …

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Rumi

Link to Original Document The wine we really drink is our blood Our bodies ferment in these barrels. We give everything for a glass of this We give our minds for a sip. 🕉 🕉 When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep Praise …

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Kabir

Kabir was a perfected saint , Guru, God He was born in a poor family , an outcast He desperately was searching for a Guru. He heard of Guru Ramanand. He approached Ramanand – and Ramanand rejected him. Insulted him. Telling him he is full an outcast family and can’t accept him But Kabir was …

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More sources for information on Kabir

~Kabir-related films, books, links~   ( info from Linda Hess) *Indicates film or book featuring Prahlad Singh Tipanya, renowned Kabir singer from the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. Born in the small village of Lunyakhedi, with no musical background in his family, Prahlad-ji joined the local tradition of singing Kabir bhajans in the melodious and …

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Kabir poem

Difficult to understand – the words of a great Saint I have the translation here Struck by a bladless spear, he sits under the tree Surely he will die either today or tomorrow. This is a  difficult passage to understand, but this is my interpretation.  Bladeless spear – is awakening of the shakti.  It is …

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What did Neem Karoli Baba preach

If you want to be with God kill desire Do exactly opposite to what your desire is and desires dies This Is similar to Yogananda story in Autobiography of a Yogi I wrote it in my blog titled adverse times Titiksha