Do not go to the garden of flowers! O Friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Kabir advises looking inward for beauty rather than seeking it externally, suggesting the body is a lotus containing infinite beauty.
- In plain terms
- Do not look for beauty outside; it is inside your body. Meditate there to see infinite beauty.
- What can you take from it?
- Find beauty within yourself through meditation instead of seeking it outside.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you find beauty?
- What is within you?
Another view
The advice to ignore external gardens might feel dismissive of natural beauty.
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