Mysticism stands for the efforts of man to attain God or Salvation. Kabir places faith of man in God as the most meritorious effort to attain Him. God has declared this openly as the first song selection here-saying: "I am in your faith alone" (Song No.1).

Love-devotion to God is given an equally high place in the efforts of man to attain God. Ritualistic forms of worship are of little or no merit, Kabir declares and affirms that bearing love for God in heart will ensure His blessing (vide Song No. 56).

Kabir has affirmed that by taking shelter in the Lord, as did devotees like Dhruva, Prahlad and Bibhisan, God's blessings are earned by man to merit salvation (vide Song No. 84).

On the, other hand, maintaining pure character entitles man to earn the blessings of God. Discarding influence of sense enemies such as lust, ire, greed, attachment and envy to others and also discarding mundane desires ensure the blessings of God for man (vide Song No. 98).

It has also been affirmed by Kabir that loving all Beings of earth and banishing pride from mind will ensure God's blessings and kindness for man (vide Song No. 65).

The author, Shri Gananath Das, retired from the Indian Administrative Service in the year 1972. Since then he has engaged himself in the study of various saint poets starting with the famous saint poet, Kabir Das, of the 15th century AD.

On Kabir his works include Life and Philosophy of the Saint Poet in Oriya, and translation of five hundred of his couplets in English Verse, in three volumes: the first of one hundred published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan of Bombay in 1992, the second of three hundred published by Motilal Banarasi Das of Delhi in 1991 and the third of one hundred published by Writers Workshop of Calcutta in 1992, followed by Sayings of Kabir published by the same publisher in 1993.

In 1992 he published his translation of one hundred songs of Guru Nanak Dev as 'Nanak Satak' in Oriya and 100 Love Songs of Kabir in English Verse which was published by Abhinav Publications of New Delhi.

In 1994 he published his Oriya Verse translation of the entire Thiru Kural, the immortal work of the Tamil Saint Poet Thiru Valluvar, consisting of 1330 couplets in 133 chapters.

In 1994 he published his Essays on Kabir published by the Writers Workshop of Calcutta consisting of in depth studies of the Saint Poet's Sayings on as many as 22 topics.

In the meantime he has completed his "Readings from Bhagabata", being English Verse translation of over 150 Sayings of the famous scripture originally composed by Vyasa Deva and translated into Oriya Verse by Saint Poet Jagannath Das of 'Pancha Sakh' fame.