The savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
KABIRThe savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
KABIRI laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
KABIRThe Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
KABIRBut if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
KABIRThe instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
KABIRAs the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
KABIRAll darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
KABIRMusic 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.
KABIRWhen the flower opens, the bees will come.
KABIRJust throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
KABIRMen have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
KABIRIf you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
KABIRThe purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
KABIRWhen you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
KABIRThe fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
KABIRI laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don’t grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
KABIR