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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.

Kabir

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
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Death Remain Wisdom World
It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
KABIR

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
Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
KABIR

Death Desert Scream Water Yourself
A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
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Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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Greatness Honey Wealth Zest
The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Fools Instruction Waste White
Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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Body Name People Soul Start Water
Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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Holy Shoulder Yourself
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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Guest Intense Search Slave Willing
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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Body Dance Element Joy Play Religion Sorrow Spirit
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Cover Diamond Fools Known
Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Imagination Stand Throw Yourself
God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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Enough Family God Guest Hungry Myself Provide
The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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Moon Myself Sun
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.
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Burn Follow Hands Home Myself

Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.

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