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| '''Kabir Panth''' is the religious tradition based on the teachings of ], an ] ]n mystical poet. Like various other movements, it attempts to bring ] and ] closer to each other and a member of any religion can become a ''Kabirpanti''. It was modelled after the '']''. The ''Kabir panth'' has served as a model for numerous other ]s in India. | |||
| Two main centers of Kabir panth are: | |||
| * Kabirchaura ] in ] in ] | |||
| * Dharam Das Math in ] in ]. It has a branch at ]. Dharam Das was a ''] ]'' and a ] of Kabir. The '']'' of the ''Kawardha Math'' and its branches are his direct descendants. | |||
| Initiation into the Kabir panth is accomplished by the tying of a '']'', or necklace of beads, around the neck of an ] by the '']''. The religious service in the Kabir panth is called a '']''. It involves marking a square with sides of five meters in length. The ''Mahant'' sits at one end and conducts '']s''. | |||
| It is difficult to estimate the actual number of Kabir ''panthis'' in ], since religious affiliations tend to overlap, but estimates of 9,600,000 are given.<ref>, (2003) ©IGNCA, last accessed Sept 3, 2007.</ref> | |||
| ==The Bijak== | |||
| The Sacred book of the Kabir panth religion is the ], many passages from which are presented in the ]. The contents of the Bijak cannot be classified as Hindu, Muslim, or Sant Mat. In a blunt and uncompromising style the book exhorts its readers to shed their delusions, pretensions, and orthodoxies in favor of a direct experience of truth. It satirises hypocrisy, greed, and violence, especially among the religious. The Bījak includes three main sections called Ramainī, Shabda, and Sākhī, and a fourth section containing miscellaneous folksong forms. Most of the Kabir material has been popularized through the song form known as Shabda (or pada), and through the aphoristic two-line sākhī (or doha) that serves throughout north India as a vehicle for popular wisdom. | |||
| Other sacred texts include the Anuraag Saagar which is the story of creation as told to one of Kabir's foremost disciples, ], and the Maan Sarowar, which is another collection of teachings of Kabir. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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