All verbal teachings are just to cure an…

All verbal teachings are just to cure an illness. Different illnesses require different cures. This is why sometimes it is said there is only Buddha and sometimes that there is no Buddha. True teachings cure the illness. If the cure works, the teachings are true. If they don’t cure the illness, the teachings are false. True teachings are false it they create opinions. False teachings are true if they destroy delusions. The illness is an illusion anyway, so all the cures are also illusions.

Baizhang

Jo Dise So To Hai Nahin What is…

Jo Dise So To Hai Nahin,
What is seen is not the Truth

Hai So Kaha Na Jayee
What is cannot be said

Bin Dekhe Parteet Na Aave,
Trust comes not without seeing

Kahe Na Koyee Patiyana
Nor understanding without words

Samajh Hoye To Rabeen Cheenho,
The wise comprehends with knowledge

Achraj Hoye Ayana
To the ignorant it is but a wonder

Koi Dhyave Nirakar Ko,
Some worship the formless God

Koi Dhyave Aakaara
Some worship His various forms

Ja Bidhi In Dono Te Nyara,
In what way He is beyond these attributes

Jane Jananhara
Only the Knower knows

Woh Raag To Likhia Na Jayee
That music cannot be written

Matra Lakhe Na Kana
How can then be the notes

Kahat Kabir So Padhe Na Parlay, Surat Nirat Jin Jana
Says Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion

-Kabir

Maya mari na man maraa

माया मरी ना मन मरा, मर मर गए शरीर |
आशा तृष्णा ना मरी, कह गए दास कबीर ||

Maya mari na man maraa, mar mar gaye sareer
Aasha trishna naa mari, kah gaye daas Kabir

Illusions nor desires died, bodies died over and again
Hope and wants do not die, says Kabir, that’s the game