Lalla-Naked-Song
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
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If someone dies, it's nothing to me,<br />
and if I die, it's nothing to anyone.<br />
It's good to die,<br />
and good to live long.<br />
* * *<br />
You are the sky and the ground.<br />
You alone the day, the night air.<br />
You are the meal that's being brought,<br />
the sandal knot, flowers and their watering.<br />
You are all this.<br />
What could I possibly bring You!<br />
There is no "You" or "I," no object<br />
to contemplate, no contemplation!<br />
Everything is That lost in That.<br />
The blind theologians didn't understand.<br />
Then they saw, and their seven levels<br />
of attainment dissolved to nothing.<br />
* * *<br />
Where did I come from, and how?<br />
Where am I going?<br />
Will I know the road?<br />
This life is empty breath.<br />
If I can hear one clear truth,<br />
I'll be fortunate.<br />
Those with a knack for walking in air,<br />
those who can cool a fire,<br />
still a stream,<br />
or get milk from a wooden cow,<br />
they're street jugglers, nothing more.<br />
* * *
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