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Kabir: Ecstatic Poems (Beacon paperback ; BP 532)
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 translatio...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
August 1st 2011
by Beacon Press
(first published February 1st 1993)
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Kabir is an ecstatic poet whose goal was to write the heart of experience. These translation free his words from the "hopeless" Victorian of Tagore and Underhill. This edition sets the stage with compelling prose, a feast of poems, then a longer, historic essay to end.
Given that the world has produced so few credible Wisdom poets, Kabir is worth every sublime second one spends in this intricate and inspired world.
Given that the world has produced so few credible Wisdom poets, Kabir is worth every sublime second one spends in this intricate and inspired world.
Picked this up at random at a used book store that specializes in the occult and other such flim-flammery following my policy of occasionally doing this.
Kabir insists on a present, erotic divinity. We're, like, always getting f*cked by God (in the good way). This is a challenging conception of things, and the book is best when moving between this vital recognition and acknowledging the difficulty of following the path that such a recognition outlines--invitation and warning.
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Kabir insists on a present, erotic divinity. We're, like, always getting f*cked by God (in the good way). This is a challenging conception of things, and the book is best when moving between this vital recognition and acknowledging the difficulty of following the path that such a recognition outlines--invitation and warning.
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ecstatics; grumpy admirers of ecstatics
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present from dear brother jonathan
My first exposure to Kabir was when my stepmom played me a tape she has of Robert Bly reading these poems, so to this day whenever I read them I hear his voice in my mind saying the words with someone playing the tablas in the background. Fortunately, this is a good thing.
(Dear friend: you might not be familiar with Kabir yourself, and you might have just read what I just wrote and got the erroneous impression that somehow my Bookface account was hacked into by an overly sincere midd...more
(Dear friend: you might not be familiar with Kabir yourself, and you might have just read what I just wrote and got the erroneous impression that somehow my Bookface account was hacked into by an overly sincere midd...more
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Knowing nothing shuts the iron gates; the new love opens them
The sound of the gates opening wakes the beautiful woman asleep.
Kabir says: Fantastic! Don't let a chance like this go by!
The sound of the gates opening wakes the beautiful woman asleep.
Kabir says: Fantastic! Don't let a chance like this go by!
This was the closest I could get to finding a different book entitled 'The Kabir Body', which I heard readings from during two of Robert Hall's Dharma talks in Todos Santos, Baja (http://www.eldharma.com). If anyone ever finds it please let me know!
not as astounding as i'd've liked.
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