“To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Kabir – The couplet चाह मिटी, चिंता मिटी मनवा बेपरवाह । जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह॥ Transliterated: Chaah miti, chinta miti, manwa beparwaah | Jisko kuch nahi chahiye, wah Shahenshah || Translation: Says Kabir –…
Month: March 2023
This human life is a priceless gift – make the most of it!
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson Kabir – The coupletरात गंवाई सोय के, दिवस गंवाया खाय |हीरा जन्म अमोल सा, कोड़ी बदले जाय || Transliterated:Raat gawai soye ke, diwas gawaya khaay |Heera janam Anmol saa, koi badale jai || Translation:Says Kabir – you spend…
Worry is an insidious disease that robs you of all energy – to no specific goal.
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”-Dale Carnegie Kabir – The coupletचिंता ऐसी डाकिनी, काट कलेजा खाए ।वैद बेचारा क्या करे, कहा तक दवा लगाए ॥ Transliterated:Chinta aisi dakini, kaat kaleja khaye |Vaidh Bechara kya kare, kahan tak dava lagaye || Translation:Says Kabir – worry is such an insidious disease, eats…
Everything in moderation is the best way forward!
“nāty-aśnatas tu yogo ’sti, na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cāti-svapna-śīlasya, jāgrato naiva cārjuna” There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough. – Bhagavad Gita 6.16 Kabir – The couplet कामी लज्या न कराइ, मन…
True love is the simplest path to service. And true service is the only path to liberation.
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton Kabir – The couplet कबीर प्रेम न चखिया, चखी न लिया सौ । सूने घर का पहुना, ज्यों आवे त्यों जाउ|| Transliterated: Kabir Prem Na Chakhiya, Chakhi Na Liya…