Complete Works. Rabindranath Tagore

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       The true guru teaches that He has neither limit nor infinitude.

       Kabîr says: "Brahma suits His language to the understanding of

       His hearer."

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      I. 98. sâdho, sahajai kâyâ s'odho

      O sadhu! purify your body in the simple way.

       As the seed is within the banyan tree, and within the seed are

       the flowers, the fruits, and the shade:

       So the germ is within the body, and within that germ is the body

       again.

       The fire, the air, the water, the earth, and the aether; you

       cannot have these outside of Him.

       O, Kazi, O Pundit, consider it well: what is there that is not in

       the soul?

       The water-filled pitcher is placed upon water, it has water

       within and without.

       It should not be given a name, lest it call forth the error of

       dualism.

       Kabîr says: "Listen to the Word, the Truth, which is your

       essence. He speaks the Word to Himself; and He Himself is the

       Creator."

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      I. 102. tarvar ek mûl vin thâdâ

      There is a strange tree, which stands without roots and bears

       fruits without blossoming;

       It has no branches and no leaves, it is lotus all over.

       Two birds sing there; one is the Guru, and the other the

       disciple:

       The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and tastes them,

       and the Guru beholds him in joy.

       What Kabîr says is hard to understand: "The bird is beyond

       seeking, yet it is most clearly visible. The Formless is in

       the midst of all forms. I sing the glory of forms."

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      I. 107. calat mansâ acal kînhî

      I have stilled my restless mind, and my heart is radiant: for in

       Thatness I have seen beyond That-ness. In company I have seen

       the Comrade Himself.

       Living in bondage, I have set myself free: I have broken away

       from the clutch of all narrowness.

       Kabîr says: "I have attained the unattainable, and my heart is

       coloured with the colour of love."

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      I. 105. jo dîsai, so to hai nâhîn

      That which you see is not: and for that which is, you have no

       words.

       Unless you see, you believe not: what is told you you cannot

       accept.

       He who is discerning knows by the word; and the ignorant stands

       gaping.

       Some contemplate the Formless, and others meditate on form: but

       the wise man knows that Brahma is beyond both.

       That beauty of His is not seen of the eye: that metre of His is

       not heard of the ear.

       Kabîr says: "He who has found both love and renunciation never

       descends to death."

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      I. 126. muralî bajat akhand sadâye

      The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing, and its

       sound is love:

       When love renounces all limits, it reaches truth.

       How widely the fragrance spreads! It has no end, nothing stands

       in its way.

       The form of this melody is bright like a million suns:

       incomparably sounds the vina, the vina of the notes of truth.

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      I. 129. sakhiyo, ham hûn bhâî vâlamâs'î

      Dear friend, I am eager to meet my Beloved! My youth has

       flowered, and the pain of separation from Him troubles my

       breast.

       I am wandering yet in the alleys of knowledge without purpose,

       but I have received His news in these alleys of knowledge.

       I have a letter from my Beloved: in this letter is an unutterable

       message, and now my fear of death is done away.

       Kabîr says: "O my loving friend! I have got for my gift the

       Deathless One."

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