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!
KABIRI laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
More Kabir Quotes
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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.
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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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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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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 went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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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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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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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!
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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