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.
KABIRThe apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
More Kabir Quotes
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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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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Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.
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Be 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.
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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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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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Do 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.
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For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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