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Quotes from Songs of Kabîr — Kabir

1440–1518 India

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11 quotes

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)

Only he knows it who has reached that region: it is other than all that is heard and said.

Songs of Kabîr (1915)

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)

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)

O servant, where dost thou seek Me?
Lo! I am beside thee.

Songs of Kabîr (1915)

Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.
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Songs of Kabîr (1915)

He is the Ultimate Rest unbounded: He has spread His form of love throughout all the world.
From that Ray which is Truth, streams of new forms are perpetually springing: and He pervades those forms.

Songs of Kabîr (1915)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kabir (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.