Quote by Kabir: “All the scriptures I have seen are like a beautiful garden, but my love is the fruit.”

Kabir values spiritual knowledge, comparing scriptures to a beautiful garden. However, he places ultimate importance on direct, personal experience of divine love, which he sees as the true, essential outcome or 'fruit.'

Kabir, while knowledgeable in both Hindu and Islamic texts, emphasized the experiential aspect of spirituality over mere scholarly knowledge. His Bhakti tradition prioritized intense devotion over formal learning.

Fifteenth-century Indian mystic poet whose verses, composed in vernacular Hindi, challenged both Hindu orthodoxy and Islamic convention with radical egalitarianism. Born in Varanasi, possibly to a Muslim weaver family, he became one of the most beloved figures in bhakti literature and Sufi poetry alike. His poems are collected in the Bijak and Guru Granth Sahib.