Dohas By Kabir

Listen everybody to the preaching of a good preacher. There are many ways of sensual enjoyment. But one should abstain from any such way.

Kabir says The sensual person is always after something, trying to achieve money, power, prestige. The sensitive person is simply alive herenow, enjoying the beauty that is available. When tomorrow comes…[Read more]

First you should understand what has been said by others. Then you can make the valuation of the words that you have listened to. A goldsmith can test the purity of gold. One does not have any means for the evaluation and weight of words.

A word needs somebody to understand it, somebody to give it meaning; otherwise it is only a sound. What…[Read more]

When your mind is raged then you should not react to the words. One does not have any means for the valuation and weight of words. The fools do not understand this and lose their balance while talking.

In this dohe Kabir says that never act from Mind. Act from your consciousness.

Mind is that part which has been given to you. It is not…[Read more]

Efforts can accomplish everything.
Nothing can be accomplished without making an effort.
A purified butter that is frozen,
Cannot be taken out with a straight finger.

What kabir says – make all possible effort to become a light unto yourself. Don’t live on borrowed light…

A man of enlightenment is so full of love, so full of joy, tha…[Read more]

Kal kare so aaj kar,
Aaj kare so ub,
Pal me parlay hoyegi,
Bahuri karoge kab.

Kabir says – Whenever your mind says ‘Tomorrow…’ remember, the mind is functioning as the devil. The moment is now and here. Never postpone it – postponement becomes an addiction. And the most destructive thing in life is the idea of tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes…[Read more]

Jyon naino me putli,
Tyon malik ghat mahin.
Moorakh log na janhin,
Bahar dhundan jahin.

Kabir says – Inside you god is hidden.

Aloneness is the ultimate reality. One comes alone, one goes alone; and between these two alonenesses we create all kinds of relationships and fights, just to deceive ourselves – because in life also, we remain…[Read more]

Kabira garv na kijiye,
Uncha dekh avaas.
Kal paron bhuin letne,
Uper jamsi ghaas.

Kabir teaches you to be authentic, integrated individuals with immense self-respect. The word self-respect may create doubts in your mind because self-respect seems to again mean the ego. It is not so. You have to understand both words, self and respect; both…[Read more]

Chinta aisi dakini,
Kat kaleja khaye,
Vaid bechara kya kare,
Kahan tak dawa lagaye.

Kabir says – When anxiety and stress hits, it can be hard not to let overthinking get the better of you. Noone can be of any help. Only thing which can help you is witnessing your mind.

Just be, and watch. Being is not doing, and watching is also not…[Read more]

Akath Kahani Prem Ki,
Kutch Kahi Na Jaye.
Goonge Keri Sarkara,
Baithe Muskae.

According to Kabir – Love Is a Spiritual Phenomenon.

Love in its purest form is a sharing of joy. It asks nothing in return, it expects nothing; hence how can you feel hurt? When you don’t expect, there is no possibility of being hurt. Then whatsoever comes i…[Read more]

Jeevat Samjhe Jeevat Bujhe,
Jeevat He Karo Aas Jeevat.
Karam Ki Fansi Na Kaati,
Mue Mukti Ki Aas.

According to Kabir – There are values which are intrinsic; they are part of your being – to discover them is the real discovery. And there are things outside you – to waste your life in collecting them is the most idiotic act one can do. But t…[Read more]

Gur Dhobi Sikh Kapda,
Saboo Sirjan.
Har Surti Sila Pur Dhoiye,
Nikse Jyoti Apaar.

For Kabir – Being in the presence of a master, silence happens on its own accord. Just as in the deep Himalayas, where the snow is eternal and the silence almost ancient… just sitting there under a tree, you start feeling, falling in tune with the immensity t…[Read more]

Dukh Mein Simran Sab Kare,
Sukh Mein Kare Na Koye.
Jo Sukh Mein Simran Kare,
Tau Dukh Kahe Ko Hoye.

According to Kabir – What is Happiness?
It depends. It depends on you, on your state of consciousness or unconsciousness, whether you are asleep or awake. Happiness will depend on where you are in your consciousness. If you are asleep, then…[Read more]

Pothi Padh Padh Kar Jag Mua,
Pandit Bhayo Na Koye.
Dhai Aakhar Prem Ke,
Jo Padhe so Pandit Hoye.

All the mystics all over the world have always felt impotent as far as communication is concerned. “Communion” is possible, but communication, no. This has to be understood from the very beginning. A communion is a totally different dim…[Read more]

Kabir Man Nirmal Bhaya,
Jaise Ganga Neer.
Pache Pache Har Phire,
Kahat Kabir Kabir.

Kabir says – whatsoever is happening around you is rooted in the mind. Mind is always the cause. It is the projector, and outside there are only screens – you project yourself. If you feel it is ugly then change the mind. If you feel whatsoever comes from t…[Read more]

Kabira Khara Bazaar Mein,
Mange Sabki Khair.
Na Kahu Se Dosti,
Na Kahu Se Bair.

Kabir says – PRAYER IS AN EXPERIENCE OF RESURRECTION, A REBIRTH, the birth of a new vision, a new dimension, a new way of looking at things, and a new way of being. Prayer is not something that you do: prayer is something that you become. It is a state of being.…[Read more]

Maya Mari Na Mun Mara,
Mar Mar Gaye Shareer.
Asha Trishna Na Mari,
Keh Gaye Das Kabir

Kabir says – Man exists as if in sleep. Man is asleep. Whatsoever is known as waking is also a sleep. Initiation means to be intimate contact with one who is awakened. Unless you are in intimate contact with one who is awakened, it is impossible to come out…[Read more]

Mangan Maran Saman Hai,
Mat Koi Mange Beekh.
Mangan Se Marna Bhala,
Yeh Satguru Ki Seekh

Kabir says – There is only one thing that can make you emperor, and that is your own being. Just find it.

The beauty of your own being is the beauty of existence.

The silence of your own being is the language that existence understands. And just…[Read more]

Jaise Til Mein Tel Hai,
Jyon Chakmak Mein Aag.
Tera Sayeen Tujh Mein Hai,
Tu Jaag Sake To Jaag

Kabir says – In the search for godliness, the difficulty is that it is not at the end of the journey – it is present within the seeker from the very beginning. It is not a goal to be reached, it is the innermost core of the traveler. If you are s…[Read more]

Bada Hua To Kya Hua,
Jaise Ped Khajoor.
Panthi Ko Chaya Nahin,
Phal Laage Atidoor.

Kabir says – People live accidentally. They don’t have any sense of direction, they don’t have an inner discipline for growing, they don’t have a certain target. They simply go on, not knowing why. Maybe just because they are restless they go on doing this and…[Read more]