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(p.vii) AcknowledgmentsManyownerssharethisbody,saysKabir.Andmanycollaboratorssharecreditfortheappearanceofthisbook.Firsttoacknowledgeismycotranslator,ShukdevSingh,whoguidedmeinchbyinchthroughthetangleandobscurityofKabir'smedievalHindi.ThentheleadersandmonksofKabirChauraTempleinVaranasi,especiallyMahantAmritDas,administrativeheadGangaSharanDasShastri,andSantVivekDas.Theypublishedanearlyselectionoftranslations,helpedinterpretmanypassages,andchantedKabir'sworks.Dr.YugeshvarofKashiVidyapithandDadaSitaramgavevaluablecommentariesonpoems.Dr.HazariprasadDvivedisharedhisvastknowledgeofKabirandthetradition.ThakurJaydevSinghshedlightonupside‐downlanguage.Dr.VeerBhadraMishragavefriendshipandassistancemorethancanbemeasured.

SupportfromtheAmericanInstituteofIndianStudiesenabledmetoworkinIndia.KarineSchomerandMichaelNaglerofBerkeleyguidedmecarefullythroughvariousstagesofwork.CharlotteVaudevillewasmostgenerousinherinterestandhospitality.ElainePagels,GailSher,andMaryWatsongaveexcellentcommentsonthemanuscript.JackHawleyhasbeeninthefirstrankofencouragers.CarolynandMartinKarcherhavesupportedmeininnumerableandindescribableways.KarlRayhasbeenashapingpresence,visibleandinvisible,frombeginningtoend.

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BonnieCrownsawthebookthroughlongstagesofrevisionandfoundasuperbpublisher.JackShoemaker,TomChristensen,andtheNorthPointstaffhavewarmedmyheart,caughtmymistakes,andadheredimpressivelytoschedule.

FrancesPeaveytransformedmesothatthebookcouldcomeout.KazuakiTanahashi'scaringhasenteredeveryparticleofthiswork,“aswaterenterswater.”ZentatsuBaker‐roshiofSanFranciscoZenCentermademefeelforthefirsttimethatopenheartedness(Kabir's“honesty”)waspossible;heandRebAndersoncontinuetoopenmyearstoKabirandothers.

Specialthankstomyparents,RudyandJerryHess,whogavemethepreciousjewelofahumanbirth.AlsotoGeorgeandMarloGross;hewasmyfirstgreatteacher,botharemylifelongfriends.

BackinIndia,thankstothevillagersofChittupur,whosangupside‐downsongswithsuchenthusiasm.ThankstoGayabanandji,whovanished.(p.viii)

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