Saint Kabir Math
It is the Saint Kabir Math located in the Lahartara Varanasi. Devotees visit the Kabir Math to pay their respects to Saint Kabir, participate in spiritual discourses, and engage in devotional practices. Math also serves as a hub for the study and dissemination of Kabir’s poetry, philosophy, and teachings. The Kabir Math is considered a significant pilgrimage site for followers of Saint Kabir and plays a central role in preserving and propagating his teachings. It is believed to be the place where Saint Kabir lived and meditated during his time in Varanasi.
Kabir Das
Kabir Das 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. His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda.
Kabir is known for being critical of both organized religion and religion. He questioned meaningless and unethical practices of all religions primarily the wrong practices in Hindu and Muslim religions. During his lifetime, he was threatened by both Hindus and Muslims for his views. When he died, both Hindus and Muslims he had inspired claimed him as theirs. Kabir means Famous Poet/Saint
Kabir suggested that Truth is with the person who is on the path of righteousness, considered everything, living and non-living, as divine, and is passively detached from the affairs of the world. To know the Truth, suggested Kabir, drop the “I” or the ego. Kabir’s legacy survives and continues through the Kabir Panth, a religious community that recognizes him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects.
Kabir Math