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RELIGIOUS SECTS
The doctrines of Kabir are taught in a great variety of works in different dialects of Hindi; they are the acknowledged compositions of his disciples and successors, but they are mostly in the form of dialogues, and profess to be of his utterance, either in his own words, with the phrase, Kaháhi Kabir, ‘Kabir verily says', or to the same substance, which is marked by the qualification, Kahai Kabir, “Kabir has said', or they are given in the language of his followers, when the expression Dús Kabir, the slave of Kabir, is made use of. The style of all their works is very peculiar, they are written in the usual forms of Hindi verse, the Dohá, Chaupai and Samay; and are very voluminous, as may be inferred from the following collection, preserved as the Kháss Grantha, or The Book at the Chaura.
1. Sukh Nidhán. 2. Gorakhnáth ki Goshthi. 3. Kabir Pánji. 4. Balakh ki Ramaini. 5. Rámánand ki Goshthi. 6. Anand Rám Ságara.
7. Sabdávali, containing 1,000 Sabdas, or short doctrinal expositions.
vocation of the illusory deities of the Hindu Pantheon, but means that they should reply as they are addressed, whether the phrase be Bandagi, Dandávat, or Rám Rám: the proper salutation of an inferior to a superior amongst them, if anybe particularly proper, is Bandagi Sahib, Service, Sir: to which the latter replies, Guru Ki Daya, the mercy of the Lord be upon you.
