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Zen Koan (via ineffablythoughtless)

Sree Bhagautee jee sahaae. (at Takhat Sachkhand Shri Hazur Sahib, Nanded)

Rumi (via queenofbirds)

The Cataka bird is a kind of bird that drinks only rain water from above. This class of bird is always looking high in the sky for rain drops to fall. There may be much water available here on the ground, but this bird will not take a drop. They are waiting for that rain water which comes from above. Sufficient rain water may come, or thunder may come, but still they will not take a single drop from the earth.

South Africa | craighowes

Vladimir Nabokov (via wordsnquotes)

Bhai Gurdaas–Kabitt 437 Saying, “Sugar, sugar,” the tongue doesn’t taste sweetness; saying, “Fire, fire,” shivering does not cease. Saying, “Doctor, doctor,” does not cure diseases of any kind; saying, “Money, money,” doesn’t give you wealth to enjoy. Saying, “Chandan, Chandan [sandalwood],” doesn’t create fragrance; saying, “Moon, moon,” doesn’t create the radiance of moonlight. Similarly, simply speaking about spiritual philosophies doesn’t cause you to achieve a spiritual lifestyle. Enacting them is fundamental; then the light is manifested in the sky [complete spirituality is reached]. (via spcolor)

9 forms of devotional worship

Charles Bukowski, Post Office  (via wordsnquotes)

Sunday morning prayer from Ibn ‘Arabi's Awrad (The Seven Days of the Heart)  (via tajidar)

Rumi (via abiding-in-peace)