Bayazid Bastami Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.”
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“I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.”
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“I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.”
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“Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.”
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“Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me”
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“All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.”
-- Bayazid Bastami
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