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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
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Kabir Sahib
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
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Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
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As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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The savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling
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Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit when that comes, the petal falls.
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A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Love does not grow on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be LOVED one must first know how to give (unconditional) LOVE.
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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
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