Question 11. Consider the following statements regarding Kabir 1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions. 2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language. 3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.
The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth (the path or sect of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh. Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion. The Bijak, an anthology of Kabir’s verses compiled in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and/or Bihar, is one of Kabir’s most influential works. In the case of the Guru Granth Sahib, Kabir’s poems were collected Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.
