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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?

Kabir

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Long
Gun
Weird
Matted
Paint
Ostentatious
Wear
Beads
Deep
Forehead
Design
Foreheads
Inside
Designs
Hear
Loaded

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