Kabīr, raised in a Muslim weaver family, became the most famous of the Sants. His sharp, homely verses mock empty ritual on all sides and call the seeker to the God within. His poems survive in the Sikh scripture, the Kabīr panth’s Bījak and Rajasthani collections. Rabindranath Tagore translated a selection into English in 1915.
Kabīr
Fifteenth-century weaver-poet of Banaras, who sang of the one God beyond Hindu and Muslim forms.
Also: Kabir