The Bijak of Kabir (1983;2002) as translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh.
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I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.
— Kabir
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me." in the context of "The Bijak of Kabir (1983;2002) as translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Kabir" (Quotes, Bijak: Quotes from various translations of the Bijak [Seedling], an early compilation of Kabir's poetry.)
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