Note 657 — Chapter XXXI

Though Kabir writes as a poet rather than as a philosopher he evidently leaned to the doctrine of illusion (vivartavâda) rather than to the doctrine of manifestation or development (Pariṇâmavâda). He regards Mâyâ as something evil, a trick, a thief, a force which leads men captive, but which disappears with the knowledge of God. "The illusion vanished when I recognized him" (XXXIX.).