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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!
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
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