📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Guru and God both stand before me, whose feet shall I touch first,
I sacrifice myself to my Guru, who revealed God to me.❞
I sacrifice myself to my Guru, who revealed God to me.❞
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1440–1518📍 Varanasi, India
Kabir Das
کبیر داس
DoheBhakti Poetry
163Shayaris
9Categories
3121.7kTotal Likes
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📖 About the Poet
Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and Sikhism. He composed in simple Hindi-Braj Bhasha, making his wisdom accessible to all. His dohe (couplets) are timeless gems of wisdom.
📚 Famous Works
BijakKabir GranthavaliAdi Granth (Compositions)
✨ Famous Couplet
"बुरा जो देखन मैं चला, बुरा न मिलिया कोय"— Kabir Das
✍️ Shayaris by Kabir Das(163)
📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Reading scriptures upon scriptures the world has died, none grew wise,
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly wise.❞
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly wise.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Do tomorrow's task today, and today's task now,
if ruin comes in an instant, when else will you do it.❞
if ruin comes in an instant, when else will you do it.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Seeing the turning millstone, Kabir wept aloud,
between its two stones nothing whole remains.❞
between its two stones nothing whole remains.❞
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🔗❝If someone sows thorns in your path, sow flowers for them,
For you the flower is a flower, for them it becomes a thorn.❞
For you the flower is a flower, for them it becomes a thorn.❞
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🔗❝The world died reading books, yet none became wise,
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly learned.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly learned.❞
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🔗❝I went out looking for the evil in others, found none,
When I searched my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
When I searched my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
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🔗❝If I made ink of all seven seas and pens of every forest tree,
And turned the whole earth into paper, still God's glory could not be written.❞
And turned the whole earth into paper, still God's glory could not be written.❞
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🔗❝The Guru is the potter, the disciple the clay pot, shaping it and removing every flaw.
Supporting it from within with his hand, he strikes it gently from without.❞
Supporting it from within with his hand, he strikes it gently from without.❞
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🔗❝In sorrow all remember God, in happiness none,
If one remembers God in happiness, why would sorrow come?❞
If one remembers God in happiness, why would sorrow come?❞
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🔗❝Kabir, when we were born, the world laughed, we cried
live such a life that we may laugh, and the world cries at our leaving❞
live such a life that we may laugh, and the world cries at our leaving❞
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🔗❝The lane of love is very narrow, two cannot fit within,
when I existed, God was not there; now God is, and I am not.❞
when I existed, God was not there; now God is, and I am not.❞
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🔗❝O Lord, give me only as much as sustains my family
That I remain unhungry, and no seeker leaves my door hungry❞
That I remain unhungry, and no seeker leaves my door hungry❞
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🔗❝My eyes have grown dim, watching the path again and again.
My tongue has blistered, calling out to Ram again and again.❞
My tongue has blistered, calling out to Ram again and again.❞
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🔗❝The night was lost in sleeping, the day was lost in eating —
this priceless human birth was traded away for a mere penny.❞
this priceless human birth was traded away for a mere penny.❞
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🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now,
If the moment is lost in an instant, when will you do it?❞
If the moment is lost in an instant, when will you do it?❞
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🔗❝A true saint hungers for love and devotion, not for wealth.
Whoever wanders hungry for riches is no true saint at all.❞
Whoever wanders hungry for riches is no true saint at all.❞
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🔗❝Speak such words, losing all pride of self,
that cool the hearts of others, and cool your own as well.❞
that cool the hearts of others, and cool your own as well.❞
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🔗❝I went out looking for the wicked, but found none so
when I searched my own heart, none was more wicked than I❞
when I searched my own heart, none was more wicked than I❞
👁️97.8k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Everyone remembers God in sorrow — in joy, none does,
whoever remembers God in joy — why would sorrow ever come?❞
whoever remembers God in joy — why would sorrow ever come?❞
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🔗❝Kabir's mind grew pure as the waters of the Ganges,
God himself follows behind, calling out Kabir, Kabir.❞
God himself follows behind, calling out Kabir, Kabir.❞
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🔗❝When I existed, God was not; now God is, and I am not.
The lane of love is so narrow, it cannot hold two.❞
The lane of love is so narrow, it cannot hold two.❞
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🔗❝The clay says to the potter, why do you trample me,
A day will come when I shall trample you.❞
A day will come when I shall trample you.❞
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🔗❝The diamond lay in the marketplace, covered under dust
Many passed but none knew its worth, till a true judge brushed it clean❞
Many passed but none knew its worth, till a true judge brushed it clean❞
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🔗❝O Lord, grant me only enough that my family may be fed,
that I go not hungry, nor any saint turned away hungry.❞
that I go not hungry, nor any saint turned away hungry.❞
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🔗❝O Kabir, your hut stands right beside the wicked and the cruel.
Whoever does, so shall he reap — why then do you grieve?❞
Whoever does, so shall he reap — why then do you grieve?❞
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🔗❝Your Lord dwells within you, as fragrance dwells within the flower.
Yet like the musk deer, you keep searching the grass again and again.❞
Yet like the musk deer, you keep searching the grass again and again.❞
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🔗❝What good is greatness, like a towering date palm,
it gives no shade to travellers, its fruit hangs far out of reach.❞
it gives no shade to travellers, its fruit hangs far out of reach.❞
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🔗❝In sorrow everyone remembers God, none does so in joy,
if one remembered Him in joy too, why would sorrow ever come.❞
if one remembered Him in joy too, why would sorrow ever come.❞
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🔗❝The musk lies within its own body, yet the deer searches the forest
So the divine dwells in every heart, though the world fails to see it❞
So the divine dwells in every heart, though the world fails to see it❞
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🔗❝Those who searched, found it, by diving into deep water,
I, poor soul, feared drowning, and stayed sitting at the shore.❞
I, poor soul, feared drowning, and stayed sitting at the shore.❞
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🔗❝Kabir stands in the marketplace, a burning torch in hand
Whoever burns his own house down may join me and my band❞
Whoever burns his own house down may join me and my band❞
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🔗❝There is no penance equal to truth, no sin equal to falsehood,
in whose heart truth resides, in that heart God himself resides.❞
in whose heart truth resides, in that heart God himself resides.❞
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🔗❝I went out looking for the evil one — I found none,
when I searched within my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
when I searched within my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
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🔗❝The clay says to the potter, why do you trample me so,
a day will come when I shall trample over you.❞
a day will come when I shall trample over you.❞
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🔗❝Seeing the grinding stone turn, Kabir wept and cried;
between its two turning wheels, nothing whole survived.❞
between its two turning wheels, nothing whole survived.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask a holy man's caste, ask instead of his wisdom,
value the sword itself, and let the sheath lie aside.❞
value the sword itself, and let the sheath lie aside.❞
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🔗❝Wealth nor mind ever perished, though bodies withered away
Hope and craving stayed alive, so said Kabir Das❞
Hope and craving stayed alive, so said Kabir Das❞
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🔗❝Keep the slanderer near, build his hut in your courtyard,
without water or soap he purifies your very nature.❞
without water or soap he purifies your very nature.❞
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🔗❝A bubble upon the water, such is the human kind
It vanishes at a touch, like a star fading with dawn❞
It vanishes at a touch, like a star fading with dawn❞
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🔗❝Why did you do what you did? Why regret it now?
You planted a thorny babul tree — from where will you eat mangoes?❞
You planted a thorny babul tree — from where will you eat mangoes?❞
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🔗❝O Lord, grant me only enough that my family may be fed,
that I go not hungry, nor any seeker of truth go hungry.❞
that I go not hungry, nor any seeker of truth go hungry.❞
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❝Kabir, he alone is a true guide who feels another's pain.
Whoever cannot feel another's pain is faithless and without guidance.❞
Whoever cannot feel another's pain is faithless and without guidance.❞
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🔗❝Human life is like a bubble on water.
It vanishes even as you watch, like a star at dawn.❞
It vanishes even as you watch, like a star at dawn.❞
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🔗❝Love does not grow in a garden, it is not sold in the market —
whoever desires it, king or subject, must give their head to take it.❞
whoever desires it, king or subject, must give their head to take it.❞
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🔗❝The clay said to the potter, why do you trample me,
One day such will come, I shall trample you.❞
One day such will come, I shall trample you.❞
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🔗❝Never scorn a straw that lies beneath your feet,
it may fly up into your eye and cause great pain.❞
it may fly up into your eye and cause great pain.❞
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🔗❝When ego was, God was not; now God is, and I am not
All darkness vanished when I saw the lamp within❞
All darkness vanished when I saw the lamp within❞
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🔗❝Keep the one who criticizes you close, build him a hut in your courtyard;
without water or soap, he purifies your nature.❞
without water or soap, he purifies your nature.❞
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🔗❝The clay says to the potter: why do you trample me?
A day will come when I shall trample you.❞
A day will come when I shall trample you.❞
👁️70.3k
🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today, do today's work now,
If destruction comes in a moment, when will you do it then.❞
If destruction comes in a moment, when will you do it then.❞
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🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now —
in a moment destruction may come — then when will you do it?❞
in a moment destruction may come — then when will you do it?❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Be patient O mind, everything happens in time,
The gardener waters a hundred pots, fruit comes in season.❞
The gardener waters a hundred pots, fruit comes in season.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Those who devalue the Guru are blind,
If God turns away, the Guru shelters you; if Guru turns away, there's no shelter.❞
If God turns away, the Guru shelters you; if Guru turns away, there's no shelter.❞
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🔗❝The clay says to the potter — why do you trample me,
a day shall come when I will trample you in turn.❞
a day shall come when I will trample you in turn.❞
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🔗❝Where there is compassion, there is righteousness; where there is greed, there is sin.
Where there is anger, there is death; where there is forgiveness, there is God.❞
Where there is anger, there is death; where there is forgiveness, there is God.❞
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🔗❝Slowly slowly O mind — everything happens slowly,
the gardener waters a hundred pots — when the season comes the fruit appears.❞
the gardener waters a hundred pots — when the season comes the fruit appears.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝You didn't remember God in joy, called only in pain,
Says Kabir — who will hear that servant's complaint?❞
Says Kabir — who will hear that servant's complaint?❞
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🔗❝Keep the critic close, build him a hut in your courtyard,
Without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
Without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
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🔗❝Rare and precious is this human birth; the body does not come again and again.
As a leaf falls from a tree, it never returns to the branch.❞
As a leaf falls from a tree, it never returns to the branch.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Speech is a priceless gem, known to those who speak wisely,
Weigh it on the scale of the heart before letting it out.❞
Weigh it on the scale of the heart before letting it out.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝I went out to look for the wicked, I found none,
When I searched my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
When I searched my own heart, none was worse than me.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Excess of speech is not good, nor is too much silence,
Excess of rain is not good, nor is too much sunshine.❞
Excess of rain is not good, nor is too much sunshine.❞
👁️55.0k
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❝O Lord, give me only so much that my family may live within
That I go not hungry, nor any saint go hungry begin❞
That I go not hungry, nor any saint go hungry begin❞
👁️60.2k
🔗❝Kabir stands in the marketplace, wishing well for all
Friend to none, enemy to none, he stands tall❞
Friend to none, enemy to none, he stands tall❞
👁️57.6k
🔗❝The world died reading books, yet none became truly wise,
whoever reads the two-and-half letters of love, becomes the wisest, I surmise.❞
whoever reads the two-and-half letters of love, becomes the wisest, I surmise.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Don't ask a saint's caste — ask their wisdom instead,
Value the sword, not the scabbard.❞
Value the sword, not the scabbard.❞
👁️54.0k
🔗❝Slowly, slowly, O mind — everything happens in time,
The gardener may pour a hundred pots, fruit comes only in season.❞
The gardener may pour a hundred pots, fruit comes only in season.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝I went looking for the wicked and found none —
but when I searched my own heart I found none worse than me.❞
but when I searched my own heart I found none worse than me.❞
👁️51.0k
🔗❝Ask not the caste of a holy man — ask for his wisdom,
value the sword itself — let the scabbard lie.❞
value the sword itself — let the scabbard lie.❞
👁️51.5k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Reading books the world has died yet none became wise,
One who reads the two-and-a-half letters of love — becomes truly wise.❞
One who reads the two-and-a-half letters of love — becomes truly wise.❞
👁️52.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝For one who sows thorns for you, sow flowers in return,
For you the flower stays a flower, for him it turns to thorns.❞
For you the flower stays a flower, for him it turns to thorns.❞
👁️51.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝I went out searching for evil in others, but found none,
When I searched my own heart, none was more evil than I.❞
When I searched my own heart, none was more evil than I.❞
👁️50.0k
🔗❝Kabir says the well is one, though many come to draw
Only the vessels differ, the water's one for all❞
Only the vessels differ, the water's one for all❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝No austerity equals truth, no sin equals falsehood,
In whose heart truth dwells — in that heart God dwells.❞
In whose heart truth dwells — in that heart God dwells.❞
👁️49.0k
🔗❝Musk dwells within the deer itself, yet it searches the whole forest for it.
So does Ram dwell within every heart, yet the world fails to see.❞
So does Ram dwell within every heart, yet the world fails to see.❞
👁️53.6k
🔗❝O Lord, give me only this much — enough to feed my family,
that I go not hungry, and no saint leaves my door hungry.❞
that I go not hungry, and no saint leaves my door hungry.❞
👁️47.5k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝What you must do tomorrow, do today; what today, do now,
In a moment destruction may come, when will you do it then?❞
In a moment destruction may come, when will you do it then?❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝An age has passed turning the rosary beads, yet the mind never turned,
leave the beads in your hand aside, and turn the beads of your mind instead.❞
leave the beads in your hand aside, and turn the beads of your mind instead.❞
👁️50.5k
🔗❝I went looking for the wicked, found none;
When I searched my own mind, none was more wicked than I.❞
When I searched my own mind, none was more wicked than I.❞
👁️48.0k
🔗❝Ask not a saint's caste, ask for their knowledge,
Value the sword, let the scabbard lie where it is.❞
Value the sword, let the scabbard lie where it is.❞
👁️48.0k
🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today; do today's work now —
in a moment ruin may come; when then will you do it?❞
in a moment ruin may come; when then will you do it?❞
👁️44.5k
🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today, and today's work now —
In a moment, the end may come; when will you do it then?❞
In a moment, the end may come; when will you do it then?❞
👁️44.0k
🔗❝Kabir is Ram's dog, "Motiya" is my name
Ram's leash is around my neck - wherever he pulls, there I go❞
Ram's leash is around my neck - wherever he pulls, there I go❞
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🔗❝O mind, be patient and slow — all things happen in their time,
the gardener waters a hundred pots, but fruit comes only in its season's prime.❞
the gardener waters a hundred pots, but fruit comes only in its season's prime.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Keep your critic close, give him a hut in your yard;
Without soap and water, he cleanses your nature.❞
Without soap and water, he cleanses your nature.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Speak such words, losing your ego,
That cool others and cool yourself too.❞
That cool others and cool yourself too.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Seeing the grinding wheel turn, Kabir wept
Between its two stones, nothing whole remains❞
Between its two stones, nothing whole remains❞
👁️45.5k
🔗❝By constant practice even the dull mind becomes wise —
as rope going back and forth leaves a mark on stone.❞
as rope going back and forth leaves a mark on stone.❞
👁️43.0k
🔗❝For one who sows thorns for you, sow flowers in return;
For you the flower is a flower — for him it becomes a trident.❞
For you the flower is a flower — for him it becomes a trident.❞
👁️44.0k
🔗❝In sorrow everyone remembers God — in happiness none do —
if one remembers God in happiness, why would sorrow ever come?❞
if one remembers God in happiness, why would sorrow ever come?❞
👁️42.5k
🔗❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now,
In a moment destruction may come — when will you do it then?❞
In a moment destruction may come — when will you do it then?❞
👁️43.0k
🔗❝The clay says to the potter: why do you knead me?
One day will come when I will knead you.❞
One day will come when I will knead you.❞
👁️41.5k
🔗❝For the one who plants thorns in your path, plant flowers in return,
for you flowers will bloom, for him it becomes a trident of concern.❞
for you flowers will bloom, for him it becomes a trident of concern.❞
👁️42.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The clay says to the potter, "Why do you trample me today?
A day will come when I shall trample you."❞
A day will come when I shall trample you."❞
👁️41.0k
🔗❝Give me just enough to sustain my household;
Let me not go hungry, nor the saint at my door.❞
Let me not go hungry, nor the saint at my door.❞
👁️42.0k
🔗❝In sorrow all remember God, but in joy no one does —
If one remembered God in joy too, why would sorrow come?❞
If one remembered God in joy too, why would sorrow come?❞
👁️40.0k
🔗❝The clay says to the potter — why do you trample me?
A day will come when I will trample you.❞
A day will come when I will trample you.❞
👁️39.5k
🔗❝Reading books the world died, yet none became wise;
Whoever reads the letters of 'love' becomes truly learned.❞
Whoever reads the letters of 'love' becomes truly learned.❞
👁️41.0k
🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝The clay says to the potter, why do you trample me
A day will come when I shall trample you❞
A day will come when I shall trample you❞
👁️28.6k
🔗❝Whoever sows thorns for you — sow flowers for them —
you shall have flowers upon flowers; for them — thorns.❞
you shall have flowers upon flowers; for them — thorns.❞
👁️39.5k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Keep the critic close, give him a cottage in your yard —
without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
👁️39.2k
🔗❝What you plan for tomorrow, do today;
what you plan for today, do now,
In a moment comes calamity, when will you do it then?❞
what you plan for today, do now,
In a moment comes calamity, when will you do it then?❞
👁️39.5k
🔗❝The night was lost in sleeping, the day was lost in feed,
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
👁️29.7k
🔗❝Kabir stands in the marketplace, wishing well for all;
Neither friendship with any, nor enmity with any.❞
Neither friendship with any, nor enmity with any.❞
👁️40.0k
🔗❝As the food you eat, so becomes your mind.
As the water you drink, so becomes your speech.❞
As the water you drink, so becomes your speech.❞
👁️43.4k
🔗❝Sleep is the sign of death — rise, Kabir, and wake —
abandon other elixirs and take to the elixir of the Name.❞
abandon other elixirs and take to the elixir of the Name.❞
👁️38.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝As oil is within the sesame, as fire within the flint —
your Lord is within you; awaken if you can.❞
your Lord is within you; awaken if you can.❞
👁️36.5k
🔗❝The world dies reading books but no one becomes a scholar —
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of Love becomes truly learned.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of Love becomes truly learned.❞
👁️35.5k
🔗❝The world has died reading scripture but none became wise —
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly learned.❞
whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of love becomes truly learned.❞
👁️36.0k
🔗❝Plunder it while you can — the wealth of Ram's name.
Later you will regret it, when your last breath departs.❞
Later you will regret it, when your last breath departs.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The world died reading books, yet no one became wise,
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗❝Turning prayer beads through ages gone, the heart's turning never done —
Drop the bead of the hand, and turn the bead of the mind.❞
Drop the bead of the hand, and turn the bead of the mind.❞
👁️35.0k
🔗❝The pot is in the water and the water is in the pot, water within and without.
When the pot breaks, its water merges into water — this truth the wise have spoken.❞
When the pot breaks, its water merges into water — this truth the wise have spoken.❞
👁️24.9k
🔗❝A straw flew upward in love's whirlwind,
Straw met straw — each found its own.❞
Straw met straw — each found its own.❞
👁️34.0k
🔗❝Turning the beads for an age — yet the mind's turning has not turned —
drop the beads in your hand and turn the beads of your mind.❞
drop the beads in your hand and turn the beads of your mind.❞
👁️32.5k
🔗❝By constant practice, even the dull become wise —
even a rope, going back and forth, marks the stone.❞
even a rope, going back and forth, marks the stone.❞
👁️31.5k
🔗❝No sleep, no rest, no hunger, no eating —
Since devotion took hold, such colour has it painted.❞
Since devotion took hold, such colour has it painted.❞
👁️31.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The clay says to the potter, why do you knead me so,
A day will come when I shall knead you down below.❞
A day will come when I shall knead you down below.❞
👁️32.6k
🔗❝You have turned the rosary for ages, yet the mind has not turned,
Drop the beads from your hand; turn instead the beads of the mind.❞
Drop the beads from your hand; turn instead the beads of the mind.❞
👁️31.0k
🔗❝O Kabir, what use is sleep — rise and worship God,
When death's staff strikes your head, what use is repentance?❞
When death's staff strikes your head, what use is repentance?❞
👁️30.0k
🔗❝One who sows thorns for you — sow flowers for them in return,
Yours will bloom into flowers, theirs will become a trident.❞
Yours will bloom into flowers, theirs will become a trident.❞
👁️29.5k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The clay said to the potter, "Why do you tread on me?
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
👁️30.4k
🔗❝Kabir, this is the house of love, not some aunt's house to enter freely.
Only one who lays down his head upon the ground may step inside.❞
Only one who lays down his head upon the ground may step inside.❞
👁️20.9k
🔗❝What good is bathing if the mind stays dirty,
A fish lives in water yet its smell doesn't wash away.❞
A fish lives in water yet its smell doesn't wash away.❞
👁️29.0k
🔗❝One who sows thorns for you — sow flowers for them instead,
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
👁️29.6k
🔗❝Keep the critic close, give them a hut in your courtyard,
Without water and soap they cleanse your nature.❞
Without water and soap they cleanse your nature.❞
👁️28.0k
🔗❝Everyone remembers God in sorrow, none in joy,
If you remember in joy, why would sorrow be?❞
If you remember in joy, why would sorrow be?❞
👁️27.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now,
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
👁️27.6k
🔗❝Everyone remembers God in sorrow, none in joy.
If one remembered God in joy too, why would sorrow ever come?❞
If one remembered God in joy too, why would sorrow ever come?❞
👁️22.5k
🔗❝O Lord, grant me enough to sustain my family —
neither may I starve, nor may the holy man leave hungry.❞
neither may I starve, nor may the holy man leave hungry.❞
👁️26.5k
🔗🤝Dosti⭐ Featured
❝I found no one to whom I could speak freely,
To whom I could open the window of my heart clearly.
None understands what the heart truly means,
All are occupied with their own daily routines.❞
To whom I could open the window of my heart clearly.
None understands what the heart truly means,
All are occupied with their own daily routines.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝Whoever plants thorns in your path, you plant flowers for them,
For you the flower shall bloom in return, for them a trident of pain condemn.❞
For you the flower shall bloom in return, for them a trident of pain condemn.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝I went out searching for the wicked one,
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
👁️26.7k
🔗❝O seeker, this is a village of the dead,
Saints have died, prophets have died, the living too have fled.
Rivers have died, oceans have died, feet have stopped their tread.
O seeker, this is a village of the dead.❞
Saints have died, prophets have died, the living too have fled.
Rivers have died, oceans have died, feet have stopped their tread.
O seeker, this is a village of the dead.❞
👁️26.3k
🔗❝Kabir, your hut stands beside the tanners' quarter —
as one sows, so one reaps; why then do you despair?❞
as one sows, so one reaps; why then do you despair?❞
👁️21.0k
🔗❝I went searching for the evil one — none evil could I find;
when I searched within, none was more evil than I.❞
when I searched within, none was more evil than I.❞
👁️25.0k
🔗❝In water is the pot, in the pot is water, inside and outside both are one;
when the pot breaks, water merges with water — this truth the wise ones own.❞
when the pot breaks, water merges with water — this truth the wise ones own.❞
👁️21.2k
🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝The earth says, bear me and walk upon me,
The sky says, wear me as your canopy.
The water says, drink and be sustained,
The wind says, live and be untrained.❞
The sky says, wear me as your canopy.
The water says, drink and be sustained,
The wind says, live and be untrained.❞
👁️22.3k
🔗❝Keep your critics close, give them shelter in your yard,
They cleanse your nature without water or soap's guard.❞
They cleanse your nature without water or soap's guard.❞
👁️21.7k
🔗❝What you'll do tomorrow, do today instead,
What you'll do today, do right now ahead.
In a moment life can end, then when will you start,
This is life's greatest lesson for every heart.❞
What you'll do today, do right now ahead.
In a moment life can end, then when will you start,
This is life's greatest lesson for every heart.❞
👁️21.3k
🔗❝When I went out searching for the wicked, I found none,
When I searched my own heart, worse than me there was none.
As long as we seek fault in others so near,
We fail to see our own flaws crystal clear.❞
When I searched my own heart, worse than me there was none.
As long as we seek fault in others so near,
We fail to see our own flaws crystal clear.❞
👁️20.3k
🔗❝Speak such words, losing your ego's pride,
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
👁️18.7k
🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝What rises sets; what comes goes — this is nature's law.
Whoever understands this truth finds the meaning of life.❞
Whoever understands this truth finds the meaning of life.❞
👁️12.1k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Speak words that lose the self's pride and ego's trace,
That cool your own body and give others peace and grace.❞
That cool your own body and give others peace and grace.❞
👁️12.1k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝In sorrow everyone remembers God, in joy no one does.
If one remembers in joy also — why would sorrow come?❞
If one remembers in joy also — why would sorrow come?❞
👁️11.8k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The world has died reading book after book, but none became learned.
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of LOVE — that one becomes truly wise.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-a-half letters of LOVE — that one becomes truly wise.❞
👁️11.2k
🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Slowly, O mind, slowly — all things happen slowly.
The gardener waters a hundred pots, but fruit comes only in its season.❞
The gardener waters a hundred pots, but fruit comes only in its season.❞
👁️10.8k
🔗❝What good is being great, like the date-palm tree,
Which gives no shade to the traveller, and its fruit hangs far too high.❞
Which gives no shade to the traveller, and its fruit hangs far too high.❞
👁️8.6k
🔗❝A saint should be like a winnowing fan —
Retain the grain of worth, and let the chaff fly away.❞
Retain the grain of worth, and let the chaff fly away.❞
👁️8.0k
🔗❝Kabir stands in the marketplace wishing all well,
Neither friend to any, nor enemy to any to tell.❞
Neither friend to any, nor enemy to any to tell.❞
👁️7.7k
🔗❝Those who searched found, by diving into the deep water.
I, the coward, stayed on shore fearing to drown.❞
I, the coward, stayed on shore fearing to drown.❞
👁️7.7k
🔗❝Keep the critic near you, let him live in your yard.
Without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
Without water or soap, he cleanses your character.❞
👁️7.4k
🔗❝The clay says to the potter: why do you knead me so,
A day will come when I shall knead you below.❞
A day will come when I shall knead you below.❞
👁️6.6k
🔗❝When I was, God was not; now God is and I am not.
All darkness was erased when I saw the lamp within.❞
All darkness was erased when I saw the lamp within.❞
👁️6.5k
🔗❝Watching the grinding millstones turn, Kabir wept with sorrow,
Between the two turning stones, nothing whole remains to borrow.❞
Between the two turning stones, nothing whole remains to borrow.❞
👁️6.4k
🔗❝Too much talking is not good, nor is too much silence.
Too much rain is not good, nor is too much sunshine.❞
Too much rain is not good, nor is too much sunshine.❞
👁️6.3k
🔗❝Know that the divine nectar has been drunk, when its intoxication never leaves.
The enraptured one wanders unaware, heedless of the body.❞
The enraptured one wanders unaware, heedless of the body.❞
👁️6.0k
🔗❝What you plan for tomorrow, do today,
What you plan for today, do right away.
In a moment destruction can come to stay,
When will you do it if not today?❞
What you plan for today, do right away.
In a moment destruction can come to stay,
When will you do it if not today?❞
👁️5.5k
🔗❝I went out searching for the wicked one,
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me.❞
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me.❞
👁️5.6k
🔗❝All make the body a yogi; no one makes the mind one.
All methods are easily attained if the mind becomes a yogi.❞
All methods are easily attained if the mind becomes a yogi.❞
👁️5.5k
🔗❝Happy is all the world — eating and sleeping through,
Miserable is servant Kabir — awake and weeping too.❞
Miserable is servant Kabir — awake and weeping too.❞
👁️5.3k
🔗❝Defeat is in the defeated mind, victory in the victorious mind.
The Supreme is found through the faith of the mind alone.❞
The Supreme is found through the faith of the mind alone.❞
👁️5.2k
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