The devotee is a fool, and the master is a trickster. The fool follows the trickster, and the trickster makes a fool of the fool.
Indian mystic poet
Songs of Kabir (Tagore translation)
c. 15th century
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"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"O scholars, you are mistaken; there's no creator or creation there [in the experience of Unity]. There's no radiant form, no time, no word, no flesh, or faith; no cause or effect, or even a thought of…"
Strange & Unusual"The night is dark, but the stars are bright. The world is dark, but the truth is bright."
Strange & Unusual"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.)"
Humorous"The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you, as life is in every seed."
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