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Kabir
24 quotes
“I have come to save the devotees. I was sent here because the world was seen in misery.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Tara Chand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture, The Indian Press (Allahabad, 1946). pp.150-151. Quoted from K.S. Lal, Indian muslims, who are they, 1990.
“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 (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Bijak of Kabir (1983;2002) as translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh.
“Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you were born, you cried while others laughed. Perform such deeds that when dying, you laugh while others cry.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted from Koenraad Elst, The Argumentative Hindu (2012), Chapter: Humour in Hinduism
“O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Lo! I am beside thee. I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash: Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and renunciation. If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a moment of time.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As paraphrased by Robert Bly in The Kabir Book (1977)
“Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As translated by Stephen Mitchell in The Enlightened Heart (1993)
“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. It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be; The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter — Even Raidas was a seeker after God.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live, understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides. If your bonds be not broken whilst living, what hope of deliverance in death? It is but an empty dream, that the soul shall have union with Him because it has passed from the body: If He is found now, He is found then, If not, we do but go to dwell in the City of Death. If you have union now, you shall have it hereafter.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Open your eyes of love, and see Him who pervades this world! consider it well, and know that this is your own country.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There the Unstruck Music eddies around the Infinite One; There in the midst the Throne of the Unheld is shining, whereon the great Being sits — Millions of suns are shamed by the radiance of a single hair of His body.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
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“They call Him Emptiness who is the Truth of truths, in Whom all truths are stored! There within Him creation goes forward, which is beyond all philosophy; for philosophy cannot attain to Him: There is an endless world, O my Brother! and there is the Nameless Being, of whom naught can be said. Only he knows it who has reached that region: it is other than all that is heard and said. No form, no body, no length, no breadth is seen there: how can I tell you that which it is?”
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“He comes to the Path of the Infinite on whom the grace of the Lord descends: he is freed from births and deaths who attains to Him. Kabîr says: "It cannot be told by the words of the mouth, it cannot be written on paper: It is like a dumb person who tastes a sweet thing — how shall it be explained?”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim am I! I am this body, a play Of five elements; a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A drop Melting into the sea, Everyone can see. But the sea Absorped In a drop — A rare one can follow!”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am looking at you, You at him, Kabir asks, how to solve This puzzle — You, he, and I?”
Kabir (1398–1518) said by 1518 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source