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Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek

Posted by Marcello (Guest) - Wednesday, July 20 2011, 19:14:25 (UTC)
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On of my favorite paragraphs (stanzas?) of Kabir:

(From "'Sabda")

"Saints, I see the world is mad,
If I tell the truth they rush to beat me,
if I lie they trust me.
I've seen the pious Hindus, rule-followers,
early morning bath-takers--
killing souls, they worship rocks.
They know nothing.
I've seen plenty of Muslim teachers, holy men
reading their holy books
and teaching their pupils techniques.
They know just as much.
And posturing yogis, hypocrites,
hearts crammed with pride,
praying to brass, to stones, reeling
with pride in their pilgrimage,
fixing their caps and their prayer-beads,
painting their brow-marks and arm-marks,
braying their hymns and their couplets,
reeling. They never heard of soul.
The Hindu says Rama is the Beloved,
The Turk says Rahim.
Then they kill each other.
No one knows the secret.
They buzz their mantras from house to house,
puffed with pride.
The pupils drown along with their gurus.
In the end they're sorry.
Kabir says, listen saints:
they're all deluded!
Whatever I say, nobody gets it.
It's too simple."

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Muslim man turns the other cheek Marcello - Wednesday, July 20 2011, 0:13:11 (UTC)
- Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek pancho - 07/20 03:18
  - Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek Marcello - 07/20 04:05
- Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek Rashad - 07/20 06:01
  - Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek Marcello - 07/20 06:42
    - Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek Rashad - 07/20 09:19
      - Re: Muslim man turns the other cheek Marcello - 07/20 09:52
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