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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. | |||
| Followers of the Kabir Panth are called 'Kabir Panthi' and recognise ] as their ]. They are numerous in ], ], ], ] and also in ]. The Kabir Panth Association in Trinidad operates two primary schools in the island and was one of the first early religious denominational schools to be founded in the region. Other groups have split off from the association forming their own branches of Kabir Panth namely the Kabir Chaura Mat and the Satya Kabir Nidhi. | |||
| 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. | |||
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