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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

Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
KABIR

Diamond Heart Market Open Way Yourself
Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
KABIR

Death Desert Scream Water Yourself
The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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Flow River Yourself
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
KABIR

Existence Eyes Faith Force Heart Meaning
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
KABIR

Day Feeling God Greatness Myself Pilgrimage
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!
KABIR

Confusion Factor Holy Home Laughter Walk Water Yourself
I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
KABIR

Myself Quote Scripture See Simplicity
Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Imagination Stand Throw Yourself
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

Earth Illusion Oneself Reality River Time
Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
KABIR

Inspirational Point Yourself
Stand firm in that which you are.
KABIR

Firm Stand 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
All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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Deep Known Ocean
As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
KABIR

Move River Surrender Yourself
One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
KABIR

Away Blind Light Love Reason World
The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
KABIR

Counseling Need Professional Serious Thirsty Water

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