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.
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.
KABIRA diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
KABIRGo over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
KABIRWhat is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
KABIRWhat is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
KABIRListen, my friend. He who loves understands.
KABIRMy heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
KABIRI do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
KABIRMany 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.
KABIRWear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
KABIRAs the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
KABIRAs the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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.
KABIRAdmire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
KABIRThe external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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.
KABIR