The Kabir Book

The Kabir Book PDF Author: Kabir
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ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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"Few major achievements of world literature are as little known to Americans as the great ecstatic poetry of the Hindus and Sufis, as exemplified by the work of the 15th century master, Kabir. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his time--to readers accustomed to the solemnity and ideological fidelity of most Western religious poems. Kabir has been translated into English only once before, by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill. Unfortunately, Tagore's Victorian English was simply not equal to Kabir's directness, spontaneity, and irreverent humor. Working from the Tagore-Underhill translation, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction. A noted poet himself, he has breathed new life into the work of a fascinating poet"--From back cover.

The Kabir Book

The Kabir Book PDF Author: Kabir
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Book Description
"Few major achievements of world literature are as little known to Americans as the great ecstatic poetry of the Hindus and Sufis, as exemplified by the work of the 15th century master, Kabir. Irreverent while being intensely religious, Kabir seems incredibly playful in his taunting of the sacred dogmas of his time--to readers accustomed to the solemnity and ideological fidelity of most Western religious poems. Kabir has been translated into English only once before, by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill. Unfortunately, Tagore's Victorian English was simply not equal to Kabir's directness, spontaneity, and irreverent humor. Working from the Tagore-Underhill translation, Bly has done much more than retranslate into American diction. A noted poet himself, he has breathed new life into the work of a fascinating poet"--From back cover.

Kabir

Kabir PDF Author: Robert Bly
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095370
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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Originally published in 1976, with more than 75,000 copies in print, this collection of poems by fifteenth-century ecstatic poet Kabir is full of fun and full of thought. Columbia University professor of religion John Stratton Hawley has contributed an introduction that makes clear Kabir's immense importance to the contemporary reader and praises Bly's intuitive translations. By making every reader consider anew their religious thinking, the poems of Kabir seem as relevant today as when they were first written.

Kabir and the Kabir Panth

Kabir and the Kabir Panth PDF Author: G. H. Westcott
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Category : Cults
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Kabir, the Weaver of God's Name

Kabir, the Weaver of God's Name PDF Author: Virendra Kumar Sethi
Publisher:
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Category : Poets, Hindi
Languages : en
Pages : 796

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The Weaver's Songs

The Weaver's Songs PDF Author: Kabir
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143029687
Category : Hindi poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Life and works of a Hindu saint poet.

Kabir The Weaver-Poet

Kabir The Weaver-Poet PDF Author: Jaya Madhavan
Publisher: Tulika Books
ISBN: 9788181461681
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Couplets from Kabīr

Couplets from Kabīr PDF Author: Kabir
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120809352
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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The fifteenth century saint-poet Kabir's extempore outpourings of songs and couplets numbering thousands have been hailed widely for their deep spiritual fervour and poetic quality. They are widely read with rapture and regard by old and young alike in India. Kabir's couplets which are considered as rich gems for their spiritual message and worldly wisdom have not been rendered into English so far. Here are rhymed English verse translation of three hundred of them from a wide cross-section of the multifaced genius' utterances. Under each verse has been given a few lines in prose to help the reader grasp the underlying import of the message of the saint-poet.

The Bijak of Kabir

The Bijak of Kabir PDF Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199882029
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Kabir was an extraordinary oral poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He may have been illiterate and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncompromising message that exhorted his audience to shed their delusions, pretentions, and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense, direct, and personal confrontation with the truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important, and is the sacred book of those who follow Kabir.

Coined

Coined PDF Author: Kabir Sehgal
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455578509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller From New York Times bestselling author Kabir Sehgal, an informative, rousing, surprising history of the one thing that makes the world go 'round: money. The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone--rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, we are all aware of the power of money--how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives. In Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us, author Kabir Sehgal casts aside our workaday assumptions about money and takes the reader on a global quest to uncover a deeper understanding of the relationship between money and humankind. More than a mere history of its subject, Coined probes the conceptual origins and evolution of money by examining it through the multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not only a profoundly informative discussion of the concept of money, but it is also an endlessly fascinating and entertaining take on the nature of humanity and the inner workings of the mind.

A Bucket of Blessings

A Bucket of Blessings PDF Author: Kabir Sehgal
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442458712
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A beautiful myth from India comes to life in this enchanting, New York Times bestselling picture book. Near a majestic mountain in a vast jungle with many mango trees, it has not rained for weeks and weeks. The village well and pond are dry. Monkey and his friends look everywhere for water, but they have no luck. And then Monkey remembers a story his mama used to tell him, a story about how peacocks can make it rain by dancing. So he sets out to see if the story is true… This little-known legend, told with dramatic rhythm and illustrated with the colors and textures of India, is sure to delight and inspire.