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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!

Kabir

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!
KABIR

Distance Myself Smile Water
I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
KABIR

Blind City Mirrors Myself
Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
KABIR

God Ourselves Yourself
If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
KABIR

Experience True Yourself
God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
KABIR

Enough Family God Guest Hungry Myself Provide
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.
KABIR

Myself Sick Tree Wander
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
KABIR

Cover Diamond Fools Known
What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
KABIR

Aware Oneself Person Suffering
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.
KABIR

Affair Divine Existence Human Man Order Progress Rebel
Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
KABIR

Forgiveness Game Play Saint
The essence of life is in remembering God.
KABIR

Essence God Life Remember
The river that flows in you also flows in me.
KABIR

Flow River Yourself
What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
KABIR

Apartment Death End Finding Simplicity
My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
KABIR

Heart Love Myself Talk
Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
KABIR

Finding Heart Willing Yourself
I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.
KABIR

Body Dance Element Joy Play Religion Sorrow Spirit

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