What is seen is not the Truth What is cannot be said Trust comes not without seeing Nor understanding without words The wise comprehends with knowled… - Kabir

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What is seen is not the Truth
What is cannot be said
Trust comes not without seeing
Nor understanding without words
The wise comprehends with knowledge
To the ignorant it is but a wonder
Some worship the formless God
Some worship his various forms
In what way He is beyond these attributes
Only the Knower knows
That music cannot be written
How can then be the notes
Say Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion.

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About Kabir

Kabir (1440–1518) was an Indian poet, mystic and philosopher, and one of the Northern India Sants.

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Alternative Names: Kabir Sahib Kabir Das Bhagat Kabir

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Because it has been named as wave, shall it no longer be considered as water?

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