All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
KABIRThere’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
More Kabir Quotes
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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The world will die, but I shall not die.If God dies, then I will die;If he does not die, then why should I die?
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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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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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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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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 sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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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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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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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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