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.
KABIRI’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.
KABIRBe quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
KABIRLook at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
KABIRWithin 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.
KABIRDo not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
KABIRJust throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
KABIRBe strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
KABIRThe purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
KABIRThe Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
KABIRPlunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
KABIRBut if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
KABIRGod, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
KABIRWhen the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
KABIRAdmire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
KABIRDo not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
KABIRWherever you are, that’s the entry point.
KABIR