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!
KABIRIf you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
More Kabir Quotes
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Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.
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There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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The world will die, but I shall not die.If God dies, then I will die;If he does not die, then why should I die?
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Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
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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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Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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Be 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.
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Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Stand firm in that which you are.
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