• Kabir is one of the India’s most revered 15th century mystic poets, His sayings not only influenced people’s way of life but also contributed largely towards “Bhakti movement”.
• As a poet, Kabir transcended many of the divisions that existed in India. Although he was drawn deeply into spiritual life, he openly criticized all sects and gave a new direction to the Indian philosophy, with his straight forward approach on various aspects of human existence. It is for this reason that Kabir is held in high esteem all over the world. 

Sant Kabir’s teachings are inspired by several religions:-

• His teachings were distinguished theologically by inward loving devotion to a divine principle, and socially by an egalitarianism opposed to the qualitative distinctions of the Hindu caste hierarchy and to the religious differences between Hindu and Muslim.
• Kabir was influenced by prevailing religious mood such as old Brahmanic Hinduism, Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, teachings of Nath yogis and the personal devotinalism from South India mixed with imageless God of Islam. The influence of these various doctrines is clearly evident in Kabir’s verses.
• It is Kabir’s view that salvation is the process of bringing into union these two divine principles. The social and practical manifestation of Kabir’s philosophy has rung through the ages. It represented a synthesis of Hindu, and Muslim concepts. From Hinduism he accepts the concept of reincarnation and the law of Karma. From Islam he takes the outer practices of Indian Sufi ascetics and Sufi mysticism.
• Bhakti movement influence:-
  1. Bhakti movement poets played an important role in laying the foundation for a reconfiguration of society on more equitable lines. Kabir upturned the religious notions and social conventions of his time.
  2. His teachings were in sync with the principles of bhakti movement where more focus was on equality of castes, preached the path of devotion and discarded all rituals , chose the path of love and devotion etc.
  3. Kabir preached a monotheism that appealed directly to the poor and assured them of their access to god without an intermediary. He rejected both Hinduism and Islam, as well as empty religious rituals, and denounced hypocrisy.
  4. The Bhakti movement promoted the growth of vernacular language and literature in different parts of the country. Kabir Nanak and Chaitanya preached in their respective vernacular tongues like Kabir in Hindi, Nanak in Gurmukhi and chaitanya in Bengali. So subsequent Bhakti literatures were compiled in these languages.
• Christianity:– Nineteenth century missionaries noted the similarity of his thoughts to Christianity, speculating that he must have composed his poems under Christian influence. 
• Other religions:-
  1. His indebtedness to Buddhist Siddhas has been a subject of scholarship in the last century.
  2. Jain poets emulated his style, so much so that the 17th century Anandghan was dubbed as the “Jain Kabir”.
  3. As far as Parsis are concerned, one of the earliest non-Hindi mentions of Kabir comes from the Dabistan-i Mazahibcomposed by a neo-Zoroastrian (around 1653).
  4. His verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Guru Granth Sahib

Conclusion:-

• Not only has Kabir influenced Muslims and Hindus but he is one of the major inspirations behind Sikhism as well. 
• He can be celebrated as Dalit hero or as a Brahmin. Kabir and the Kabir Panth are accepted as a part of Hinduism. He is one of the Bhagats of the Sikhs and a large corpus of his poems is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. His presence in Indian Islamic thought, Qawwali singing and architecture has also been well documented. His rauza in Maghar (Uttar Pradesh) is a part of the architectural heritage of the country.