The flame burns, but the wick is consumed. The life lives, but the body dies.
Indian mystic poet
The flame burns, but the wick is consumed. The life lives, but the body dies.
Indian mystic poet
Songs of Kabir (Tagore translation)
c. 15th century
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"The lock of the world is on the door of the heart."
Strange & Unusual"I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own home."
Humorous"The sacred texts are like a map, but the true path is within your own heart."
Controversial"The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is a herdsman; the milk is the nectar of devotion, and the churner is the contemplation of God."
Controversial"Kabir stands in the market, wishing all well. Friends with none, enemies with none."
Humorous