Kabir (ca. 1440-1518)

One of the most celebrated mystics of fifteenth-to sixteenth-century India, who practiced yoga and attempted to reconcile Hindus and Moslems. After his death he was claimed by both religions. Kabir's inspirational hymns are very moving and are still popular in present-day India. His teachings were a forerunner of Sikhism, which was established by his disciple Guru Nanak.

Sources:

Hedayetullah, Muhammed. Kabir: The Apostle of HinduMuslim Unity. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1977.

Kabir. One Hundred Poems of Kabir. Translated by Rabinadrath Tagore. London, 1915.

Kay, Frank E. Kabir and His Followers. London, 1931. Lorenzen, David N. Kabir Legendas and Ananta-das's Kabir Parachai. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.

Westcott, G. H. Kabir and the Kabir Panth. Calcutta: Varanasi Bhartiya Publishing House, 1974.

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