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      I. 13. mo ko kahân dhûnro bande

      O servant, where dost thou seek Me?

       Lo! I am beside thee.

       I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor

       in Kailash:

       Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and

       renunciation.

       If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt

       meet Me in a moment of time.

       Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."

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      I. 16. Santan jât na pûcho nirguniyân

      It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;

       For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the

       thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God.

       It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be;

       The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter—

       Even Raidas was a seeker after God.

       The Rishi Swapacha was a tanner by caste.

       Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no

       mark of distinction.

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      I. 57. sâdho bhâî, jîval hî karo âs'â

      O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live,

       understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides.

       If your bonds be not broken whilst living, what hope of

       deliverance in death?

       It is but an empty dream, that the soul shall have union with Him

       because it has passed from the body:

       If He is found now, He is found then,

       If not, we do but go to dwell in the City of Death.

       If you have union now, you shall have it hereafter.

       Bathe in the truth, know the true Guru, have faith in the true

       Name!

       Kabîr says: "It is the Spirit of the quest which helps; I am the

       slave of this Spirit of the quest."

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      I. 58. bâgo nâ jâ re nâ jâ

      Do not go to the garden of flowers!

       O Friend! go not there;

       In your body