Abhinav singh

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]

Sayeen Itna Deejiye,
Ja Mein Kutumb Samaye.
Main Bhi Bhookha Na Rahun,
Sadhu Na Bhookha Jaye.

Kabir is saying God is a hunger, a thirst within us. It cannot be satisfied by theories. No scriptures can quench this thirst….

The divine is a hunger, a thirst within us. It cannot be satisfied by theories. No scriptures can quench this t…[Read more]

Dheere Dheere Re Mana,
Dheere Sub Kutch Hoye.
Mali Seenche So Ghara,
Ritu Aaye Phal Hoye.

Kabir says – Patience is the greatest religious quality.

The disciple who can wait will find all his questions answered at the right moment. But waiting is a great quality: it is deep patience, it is great trust. The mind cannot wait, it is always in…[Read more]

Aisee Vani Boliye,
Mun Ka Aapa Khoye.
Apna Tan Sheetal Kare,
Auran Ko Sukh Hoye.

Kabir says – LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE.

You have always remained just casually related, and when you are formally related to someone, you can go on chattering about a thousand and one nonsensical things because nothing matters it is just a pastime.

But…[Read more]

Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar,
Aaj Kare So Ub.
Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi,
Bahuri Karoge Kub.

Kabir says – Postponement is simply stupid. Tomorrow you will also have to decide, so why not today? And do you think that tomorrow you will be wiser than today? Do you think that tomorrow you will be livelier than today? Do you think that tomorrow you will be…[Read more]

Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala,
Bura Naa Milya Koye.
Jo Munn Khoja Apnaa,
To Mujhse Bura Naa Koye

Kabir says – don’t judge yourself. Accept humbly your imperfection, your failures, your mistakes, your frailties. There is no need to pretend otherwise. Just be yourself: “This is how I am, full of fear. I cannot go into the dark night, I cannot go…[Read more]

Dharti karte ek pag,
karte samudra fal.
Hantho parvat kaulte,
tevi khaye kaal.

Vaman measured the earth in one step, Hanuman crossed the sea in one leap.
Krishna weighed the mountain from one hand, even such of them were eaten by death.

Kabir says death is inevitable. He says Understand the Fear of Death.
We are all going to die. Each…[Read more]

Taruvar paat so yon kahai,
suno paat ek baat.
Ya ghar yahi reeti hai,
ek aavat ek jaat.

The tree is saying this to leaves, o hear you this one thing
This is the custom in this house, one comes in and the other leaves.

Kabir says Life and death: Two aspects of existence.

When the old leaves fall, they make space for the new leaves to…[Read more]

Jhootha sukh ko sukh kaahai,
manat hai man mod.
Jagat chabena kaal ka,
katchhu muthi katchhu god.

False pleasure is mistaken for happiness when its only mindly comfort
The world is being chewed with death, keeping some in palm and some in lap.

Kabir says – what you call happiness is just misery in disguise. What you call happiness is…[Read more]

Chaki chali Gupal ki,
sab jag peesa jhaar.
Rura sabd Kabir ka,
daara paat ukhaar.

Everyone in the world is being grinded completely in the grinding mill of God.
The discourse of Kabir is very unpleasing but it removes the curtain of illusions.

When Kabir says – Everyone in the world is being grinded completely in the grinding mill of God…[Read more]

Ghari jo bajae raaj dar,
sunta hain sab koye.
Aayu ghataye jowan khisai,
kushal kahan te hoye.

When the watch strikes in the king’s court, everybody hears it.
The age is decreasing, youth is slipping, how can there be well being.

Kabir is saying there is a great difference between maturity and ageing, a vast difference. Everybody is a…[Read more]