--- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're probably right about Barks, but that "translation" of the > Arabic was the first time that the phrase made any sense to me.
On the other hand, Kabir was certainly a mystic, and according to Wikipedia his poetry is pervaded by ideas from both the Vedanta and Bhakti streams of Hinduism (which is, interestingly, similar to what MMY has said of Shankara's teaching). Kabir disavowed sectarian religion of any kind. "He often advocated leaving aside the Qur'an and Vedas and to simply follow Shahaj path, or the Simple/Natural Way to oneness in God," Wikipedia says. If all this is correct, it would be odd indeed if Kabir had invoked "There is no God but Allah" in the exclusive sectarian Islamic sense. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
