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What does this quote mean? I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand. Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.

The quote is from Kabir

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Kabir refused to support any one religion. He declined to any of his poems or teachings were meant in defence of Hinduism or Islam and that he was not trying to merge the two. These lines illustrate his refusal to be a sympathizer with any ideology or leader of a movement.