Why Bow to Your Guru Before God? The Secret Revealed by Kabir Das!

“If both God and my Guru were to appear before me at the same time, whose feet should I touch first?”

This was the very question that pondered the great poet Kabir Das centuries ago. And he provided a profound answer: ‘I will bow to my Guru first, because it was my Guru who revealed the truth of God’s existence and showed me the path to reach Him!’

Through this simple couplet (doha), Kabir Das shared a powerful secret about life:

The Guiding Force: While God gives us life, it is the Guru who gives that life meaning and direction. Without a teacher, we wouldn’t even comprehend the divine.

Not Just a Person, but an Invisible Force: To Kabir Das, a Guru isn’t strictly an individual. Time itself, testing hardships, and humbling failures—all of these serve as teachers that erase our ego.

A Mind Ready to Learn: Every experience holds a lesson. For a heart open to learning, every event in this world becomes a guide.

When we stop viewing our struggles as curses and start seeing them as corrective teachers—just as Kabir Das suggested—both success and inner peace naturally follow.