II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

कैसो कहा बिगाडिया, जो मुँडै सौ बार I
मन को काहे न मूँडिये, जामै विषम-विकार II

"Kabir says, if one doesn't internalise the teachings of his Guru, his religious acts such as shaving one's head are just, 'Pakhand,' pretending, hypocrisy. The mind is not affected by rituals like fasting, austerities or head shaving. Kabir challenges us to ask ourselves: How can the external performance of some ceremonial or otherwise practices such as head shaving free our mind of inner garbage (i.e lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride…). We may perform ritualistic reading of the spiritual texts, we may wear religious robes, and symbols, do head shaving and consider ourselves to be pure, holy, clever, etc. However, the conditioned mind continues to wander around. Of what use is bathing at locations of pilgrimage if the mind is filled with the filth of false ego-sense.
In other words rituals hide the Truth and bind us in egotism. They
 only enhance ignorance, thicken the false ego-sense, and worldly entanglements. Such deluded consciousness makes us do useless acts, devoid of any spiritual vibrations. Therefore if one thinks that merely by performing rituals, formalities such as head shaving he can mend his mind, he could not be any more deluded and lost."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II