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Atman and Mokṣa
and what is real is the actual experience (anubhavaa) of God.' He holds that God 'dwells at the heart of all things' and that He is also wrapped in the mantle of his heart. God is infinite Being and dwells everywhere in earth, water, sky and air, 'He who is within is without'. God is omnipresent, infinite, and his nature is indescribable.3 Kabir says that everything in the world is pervaded by the Lord or God. Naught exists without Him. He is the underlying reality of the whole universe. Kabir describes Him as
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
"When He Himself reveals Himself, Brahma brings into manifestation That which can never be seen.
As the seed is in the plant, as the shade
is in the tree, as the void is in the sky, as infinite forms are in the void
So from beyond the Infinite, the Infinite comes; and from the Infinite the finite extends. "'4
Thus, God whom Kabir addresses as 'Rama' is nothing else but the Absolute or Brahman of the Advait system. Rāma is thus the source, sustainer, and the absorber of the whole universe. He is the eternal reality, unborn and undying. He is the noumenal reality which transcends all phenomenal forms. He is the cause of the manifold universe. The phenomenal and changing world (saguna-g) dances before the Unconditioned (nirguna-f). According to
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1 Dwivedi Hajariprasad : Kabir (Hindi), Poem 42, p. 262. 2 Tagore R. (Tr.): Kabir's Poems, Poems 78, 72.
3 Ibid. Poem 61.
Ibid. Poem 7, p. 6.
5 Ibid. Poem 28, p. 35.
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