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I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

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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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Body Hands Moon Myself Sun
Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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Divine Experience Heart Presence Truth
My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Heart Love Myself Talk
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!
KABIR

Distance Myself Smile Water
I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
KABIR

Blind City Mirrors Myself
Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
KABIR

Breathe God Himself Myself Student
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
KABIR

Cover Diamond Fools Known
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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Body Himself Honor Soul Treat
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.
KABIR

Beautiful Flower Friendship Garden Infinite
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.
KABIR

God Himself Immortal Kind Man Passive Practice Right
Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
KABIR

Finding Heart Willing Yourself
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!
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Earth Illusion Oneself Reality River Time
It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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Help One Liner Quest Spirit
The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Service Stone Worship
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself
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.
KABIR

Body Mindset Quiet Truth Yourself

I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

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