Lalla

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Dear Maa,

 

Thanks for the Tagore quote. That is so beautiful. Lalla Yogishwari

of Kashimir, one of my all-time favorite saints. In a land like

India filled with amazing saints, she was one of the all-time most

extraordinary. She was a Shaiva and her best friend, Sayyid `Ali

Hamadani, was a Sufi from Persia. Together the two of them set the

best example for Hindu-Muslim relations. I don't know Kashmiri (it's

kind of a hard language to learn), but I have been reading her vakhs

in the original and in translation.

 

You remember her most famous vakh,

 

My guru gave be but one precept:

>From the outer, enter thou the innermost.

I have taken that as my guide,

And that is why, naked, I dance.

 

Frithjof Schuon, who was outwardly a Vedantic Sufi but inwardly

Shakta, was inspired to write poems about her, like this one:

 

Lalla

 

Shri Lalla Yogishwari had to enter

>From Maya's reign into her deepest center.

"And therefore naked I began to dance";

Shri Lakshmi cast on her a blessing glance.

 

Body and heart: give each of them its due.

For "Beauty is the splendor of the True."

 

, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

> thanx pk!

>

> welcome back to maa's abode! nice to see you back in this forum...

> well, you left a great legacy in 'saundarya lahari' and i always

read

> and read it from time to time! it is a masterpiece by adi shankara

> and a great tribute to devi!

>

> i had a glimpse of your web-site! it is aesthetically beautiful.

well

> done! i have not read the text as yet!

>

> here are two lines from rabibdra nath tagore's urvashi. i thought

you

> might like to include it along with goethe and rumi!

>

> "Neither mother nor daughter are you, nor bride Urvashi.

> Woman you are, to ravish the soul of Paradise."

>

> urvashi is a celestial apsara who is known for her exquisite beauty.

> arjuna fell in love with her and was cursed by her- that is another

> story!

>

> i will give you excerpts from kalidasa's meghadoota later on - there

> are some wonderful verses there that you might like! have you heard

> of sufi-shaivite woman saint LLAESHWARI OF KASHMIR?

>

> yes, we must meet sometime at least before the summer is over!! i

> have planned trips to london and florida also ! we will see,

> inshallah!

>

> LOVE AND BLESSINGS,