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!
KABIRIf you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
More Kabir Quotes
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Go 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?
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The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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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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I 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!
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The 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.
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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Men 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.
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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