Kabir Zitate

seite 2

“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.”

“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.”

“Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.”

“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.”

“I am looking at you,
You at him,
Kabir asks, how to solve
This puzzle —
You, he, and I?”

“Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.”

“I do not quote from the scriptures;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