राजा की चोरी करे, रहै रंक की ओट I कहैं कबीर क्यों उबरै, काल कठिन की चोट II
Ignorance is the greatest evil in the world. If we live ignorantly, we must suffer. We depend upon people, things, etc., in life and we think we can’t live without these. We struggle to enjoy something that we think gives us satisfaction. But ultimately all worldly pleasures leave us more dissatisfied because of their impermanent nature. This dependence is born and sustained in our imagination and as long as we hold on to it we will continue to live in ignorance. Ignorance is compared to darkness and darkness (say, in a room) is removed only when a lamp is lit and not by other means such as sweeping with a broom. Our ignorance too can be removed only by the light of awareness of truth and not by any other means. It is the Guru who, by the collyrium-rod of Knowledge, opens the eyes of those who are rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance. Just as a man cannot see his back, so also he cannot see his own errors. He must live under a Guru for the eradication of his evil qualities and defects. The aspirant who is under the guidance of a Guru is safe from being led astray.
"Kabir says, just like it is impossible for the theft in King's palace to remain undiscovered for too long, the liberation from the mundane existence of endless death and rebirth, an otherwise impossible task, becomes not so impossible by the guiding light of the Guru."
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