Explain Kabir's poetry and his view.
Kabir’s poetry spoke about his love for the supreme being free of ritual and priests.
(i)It also expresses his sharp and pointed criticism of those he saw as powerful. Kabir attacked those who attempted to define individuals on the basis of their religious and caste identities.
(i)In his view every person had the ability to reach the highest level of spiritual salvation and deep knowledge within themselves through their own experience.
(iii)His poetry brings out the powerful idea of the equality of all human beings and their labour. He writes about valuing the work of the ordinary potter, the weaver and the woman carrying the water pot – labour that in his poetry becomes the basis of understanding the entire universe.
