Hinduism

Songs of Kabir, XLII

There is nothing but water at the holy bathing places; and I know
that they are useless, for I have bathed in them.
The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I
have cried aloud to them.
The Purana and the Koran are mere words; lifting up the curtain,
I have seen.
Kabîr gives utterance to the words of experience; and he knows
very well that all other things are untrue.

Source Songs of Kabir, trad. Rabindranath Tagore, 1915, Project Gutenberg #6519 · Contents