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When the flower opens, the bees will come.

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Bees
Opens
Flower
Come

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The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being the true God is ever with him.
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The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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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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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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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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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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Wherever you are is the entry point.
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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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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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Path presupposes distance If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!
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If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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