Balancing Bhakti and Bonding: Kabir’s couplets (Dohe) for spiritual living

September 4

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Balancing Bhakti and Bonding: Kabir’s couplets (Dohe) for spiritual living

This discussion will explore how the 15th-century mystic-poet Kabir created a radically inclusive spiritual vision that embraces both the sacred and domestic spheres. Unlike the renunciation-focused spirituality of his era, Kabir championed the grihasth (householder) path as fertile ground for spiritual realization.

Key Discussion Points:

  • Kabir’s seamless integration of sagun (personal deity) and nirgun (formless God) devotion
  • His famous teaching “Maya me Ram base, Ram me maya nahi” – how the divine dwells in the world without being contaminated by it
  • Practical applications for modern practitioners juggling family, career, and spiritual growth
  • The psychology of integrated living: bringing awareness into everyday relationships and responsibilities
  • Why Kabir’s message of religious unity and authentic practice resonates powerfully in our current climate

Contemporary Relevance:

Kabir’s teachings address today’s challenges of religious polarization, spiritual materialism, and work-life balance. His emphasis on finding the sacred in simple, honest living offers practical wisdom for contemporary audiences seeking authenticity over elaborate spiritual performance.

The discussion will weave together Kabir’s original dohas with contemporary applications, exploring how adhyatma (spirituality) and grihasth (householding) can walk hand in hand, offering a path that is both profoundly human and quietly divine

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Smt. Shree Singh

Ms. Shree Singh, originally from Delhi, spent her early years there before living for a time in Prayagraj, the ancestral home of her family. With a professional background in Information Technology, she worked for over a decade in the United States before answering a quiet yet persistent call that had stirred in her since childhood, a call from the mountains.

That call led her to Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalayas, and what began as a visit became a permanent shift. She chose to remain, a leap of faith that meant letting go of a settled urban life in exchange for the unknown, but deeply meaningful. In Uttarkashi, she joined the Azim Premji Foundation, a prominent organization working to strengthen India’s public education system. Over six years, her work brought her face-to-face with the realities of life in the remote mountain regions, especially in the areas of education and healthcare, issues that are often invisible, rarely understood, and too frequently left unaddressed.

In recent years, Ms. Shree Singh has been actively involved with a non-profit organization that she helped establish. Focused on health and education, the organization works exclusively in the remote areas of the Garhwal Himalayas, continuing her commitment to creating sustainable impact in undeserved communities.