General Sayings
162 sayings found from the Medieval era from 13 authors
Category
Holiday
The true Guru is like a lamp, and the disciple is a moth. The moth circles the lamp, but the lamp does not move.
The drop is in the ocean and the ocean is in the drop.
Go to the temple and worship the idol? But the idol is made of stone. How can it speak to you?
The seed is in the plant, and the plant is in the seed.
When you are born, you cry. When you die, the world cries.
The water in the pitcher is not different from the water in the ocean.
Don't go to the garden of flowers! O friend! Go not there! In your body is the garden of flowers.
The bird sings because it has a song.
If you don't know the way, how will you find the destination?
The lotus blooms in the mud, but it is not of the mud.
The path to God is not in going to Mecca or Varanasi, but in looking within.
The fool searches for God in temples and mosques, but the wise man finds Him in his own heart.
If you want to know the secret, learn to see with your heart, not with your eyes.
The lamp is in the house, but the blind man cannot see it.
The wind blows, and the dust rises. But the dust cannot touch the wind.
The world is a dream, and the dream is real.
The moon is in the sky, but its light is on the earth.
Nindak niyare rakhiye aangan kuti chhawaye; Bin sabun pani bina nirmal karat subhaye. (Keep your critics close, even making a place for them in your courtyard. Without water or soap they clean up your blemishes.)
Chalti chakki dekh kar, diya Kabira roye. Dui paatan ke beech mein, sabit bacha na koye. (Seeing the grinding mill, Kabir wept. Between the two stones, no one remains whole.)
Aisi vani boliye, mann ka aapa khoye. Auron ko sheetal kare, aaphun sheetal hoye. (Speak such words that your ego is lost. They cool others, and you yourself become cool.)