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The apple blossom exists to create fruit when that comes, the petal falls.
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'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.
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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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