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• Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

  Kabir

  Firm, Stand Firm, Imaginary

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• When you really look for me you will see me instantly.

  Kabir

  Looks, Kirtan

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

  Kabir

  Truth, Real, Secret

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Do not go to the garden of flowers!
  O friend! go not there;
  In your body is the garden of flowers.
  Take your seat on the thousand petals of the
  lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

  Kabir

  Flower, Garden, Infinite Beauty

  Kabir (2015). “Songs of Kabir”, p.3, Kabir

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• I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim am II am this body, a playOf five elements a dramaOf the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

  Kabir

  Dancing, Joy, Sorrow

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• The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

  Kabir

  Faith, Heart, Eye

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• Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn't give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.

  Kabir

  Silly, Healing, Talking

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• I do not quote from the scriptures;
  I simply see what I see.

  Kabir

  Scripture

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• Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.

  Kabir

  Inspirational, Running, Ocean

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• As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his,
  all of his works are zero.
  When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead,
  then the work of the Teacher is over.

  Kabir

  Teacher, Zero, Long

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Wherever you are is the entry point.

  Kabir

  Wise, Vision, Insight

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• I don't think there is such a thing as
  an intelligent mega-rich
  person.
  
  For who with a fine mind can look
  out upon this world and
  hoard
  
  what can nourish
  a thousand
  souls.

  Kabir

  Thinking, Intelligent, Soul

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• I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.

  Kabir

  Water, Laughing, Vision

  Kabir, Pritish Nandy, Gopal Sanyal (1983). “Love, the first syllable: the mystic songs of Kabir in Pritish Nandy's version”

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• Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

  Kabir

  Life, Wise, Dream

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• Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.

  Kabir

  Heart, Humans, Human Beings

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• Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.

  Kabir

  Forgiveness, Games, Play

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• As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.

  Kabir

  Ocean, Moving, Rivers

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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

  Sky, Rivers, Rope

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• 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

  Light, House, World

  Kabir (2013). “Songs of Kabir”, p.97, Courier Corporation

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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?

  Kabir

  Gun, Long, Design

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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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!

  Kabir

  Powerful, Confused, Cities

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?

  Kabir

  Party, Who Cares, Lovers

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• Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.

  Kabir

  Hammers, Bears, Admire

  "Bijak". Sakhi, 168. Translation by Yashwant K. Malaiya based on that of Puran Sahib,

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• I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.

  Kabir

  Hands, House, Torches

  Kabir, “I'Ve Burned My Own House Down”

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• Stand firm in that which you are.

  Kabir

  Firm, Stand Firm, Imaginary Things

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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