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Open your eyes of love, and see Him who pervades this world! consider it well, and know that this is your own country.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
Hindus and Muslims alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.
The human flesh and the flesh of beasts is similar and their crimson blood is also the same.
When you were born, you cried while others laughed. Perform such deeds that when dying, you laugh while others cry.”
Only he knows it who has reached that region: it is other than all that is heard and said.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live, understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;
For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
They call Him Emptiness who is the Truth of truths, in Whom all truths are stored!
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
Bones burn, the wood burns, the one lighting the pyre burns
And so does the one seeing them all burn, from whom may I seek solace . . .
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.
Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
When you meet the true Guru, He will awaken your heart;
He will tell you the secret of love and detachment, and then you will know indeed that He transcends this universe.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
On the harp of the road what true melodies are being sounded! and its notes pierce the heart:
There the Eternal Fountain is playing its endless life-streams of birth and death.
Songs of Kabîr (1915)
I have come to save the devotees. I was sent here because the world was seen in misery.
When the bride is one
with her lover,
who cares about
the wedding party?
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
I do not quote from the scriptures;
I simply see what I see.
A drop
Melting into the sea,
Everyone can see.
But the sea
Absorped
In a drop —
A rare one
can follow!