Description
Kabir was an extraordinary poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium He was perhaps illiterate I dont touch ink or paper this hand never grasped a pen and he preached an abrasive sometimes shocking always not compromising message exhorting his audience to shed their delusions pretensions and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense direct personal confrontation with truth The Bijak is one of the most important anthologies being the sacred book of the Kabir Panth and the main representative of the Eastern tradition of Kabirs verses Shukdev Singh and Linda Hess have accomplished a translation of real grace and remarkable accuracy The introduction and notes explore Kabirs work place it in its initial context and explore its meaning for modern time
