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with him; “You are criticizing our God and our religion!” they
retorted and beat him up!
If Kabir Sahib had come to me complaining, ‘To begin
with they are wrong and then they beat me up!’ ‘We’ would
have said, “Whatever they do is correct. You made a mistake.
You have to understand the other person’s viewpoint before you
speak. To speak before considering the viewpoint of others and
to assess them through your own viewpoint is a very dangerous
mistake. To assume that others have the same view point as
yours is a big mistake.” ‘We’ would further explain to Kabir
Sahib, “The louder they speak, the more their internal veils will
shatter and Allah will hear them. Their veils are much denser
than yours. Yours are like a thin cloth so even if you were to
think in your mind, it will reach the Lord within you. For them,
the louder they sing the better. For them that is correct.” Now
if the Christians were to say their prayers out loud like that, it
would ruin everything. They need a peaceful and quiet
surrounding. No one must utter a word. There is a difference in
everyone’s language and beliefs. So if someone is speaking his
own ‘language’ and we speak to them in our ‘language’, it is
comparable to the incident of Kabir Sahib. Those who do not
understand the principle of anekant will be beaten up like Kabir
Sahib. They take a beating because of their own mistake!
Kabir had tremendous awareness. Many devotees have
awareness but Kabir’s awareness was very keen. There have
only been five to seven devotees with such awareness,
tremendous awareness. Kabir did not become enlightened
although for him the final path to liberation was just around the
corner. Had he found the path, he would have worked wonders!
During the time of Kabir, the Brahmin priests used to
perform yagnas (rituals of sacrificial fire). In one such yagna,
the Brahmins had brought a big goat to sacrifice in the fire. Upon
seeing this Kabir inquired, “Why have you brought this goat