Kabir the Great Mystic by Ezekiel, Isaac A - 1979

Punjab, India: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1979. Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fourth edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Very faintly musty. 1979 Hard Cover. xvii, 436 pp. "In this volume is presented a comprehensive study of his life and a masterly analysis of his mystic teachings. Further, over two hundred of his songs are rendered into English in a fascinating style."--jacket. "Kabir Das (IAST: Kab?r[1]) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib.[2][3][4] His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda.[2] Kabir was born in the Indian city of Varanasi. Kabir is known for being critical of both Hinduism and Islam, stating followers of both were misguided by the Vedas and Quran, and questioning their meaningless rites of initiation such as the sacred thread and circumcision respectively.[2][5] During his lifetime, he was threatened by both Hindus and Muslims for his views.[6]:4 When he died, both Hindus and Muslims he had inspired claimed him as theirs.[3] Kabir suggested that Truth is with the person who is on the path of righteousness, considered all creatures on earth as his own self, and who is passively detached from the affairs of the world.[3] To know the Truth, suggested Kabir, drop the "I" or the ego.[6]:4 Kabir's legacy survives and continues through the Kabir panth ("Path of Kabir"), a religious community that recognises him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects. Its members are known as Kabir panthis.[7]"--Wikipedia