When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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.
More Kabir Quotes
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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
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Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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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If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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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.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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I don’t think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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