Lal Ded b. 1355 Born in modern-day Kashmir, 14th-century Kashmiri saint and mystic poet Lal Ded (Mother Lalla), also known as Lalla or Lalleshwari, was married at the age of 12 into a family that was reported to have regularly mistreated her. Lal Ded Feb 06, 2018 · 05:30 pm Yong Kian/Wikimedia Commons I have seen an educated man starve, a leaf blown off by bitter wind. Once I saw a thoughtless fool beat his cook. Lalla has been.
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Lalleshwari Lalleshwari, also known locally as Lal Ded ( Kashmiri pronunciation: [laːl dʲad]; 1320-1392), was a Kashmiri mystic of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy. [1] [2] She was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun or Vakhs, literally "speech" (from Sanskrit vāc ). Also known as Lalla or Laleshwari, Lal Ded was an ardent devotee of God Shiva. She also often used her poetry to engage with Shaivism and Sufism. Lal Ded's verses have come down from generations to generations through the folk tradition of Kashmir and perhaps there isn't a single Kashmiri who hasn't heard of her. Lal Ded, the fourteenth century Kashmiri female mystic, is revered as a spiritual exemplar by both the Hindus and the Muslims of Kashmir. She walked away from a difficult marriage at the young age of twenty-six to pursue the Śaiva path to spiritual liberation. [I was passionate] By Lal Ded Translated by Jane Hirshfield I was passionate, filled with longing, I searched far and wide. But the day that the Truthful One found me, I was at home. Lal Ded, " [I was passionate]" translated by Jane Hirshfield, from Women in Praise of the Sacred (New York: Harper Collins, 1994).
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Lal Ded, a renowned 14th-century Kashmiri poet and mystic, holds a significant place in the literary and spiritual traditions of the region. Her verses, known as vatsun, have not only enriched. Kazim Ali Lalla, or Lal Ded, was a Kashmiri mystic who lived in the 14th century at the height of Kashmiri Shaivism. Though she was a Hindu and a yogi, even Shah Hamdan, the great Sufi teacher who was her contemporary, recognized her as a saint. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding the poems attributed to the female Kashmiri poet, mystic and sage known as Lal Ded or Lalla. There are no records of her life but what is beyond doubt. Lal Ded was a Kashmiri mystic poet known popularly for her vakhyans (sayings or proverbs of Lalla) that form an integral part of Kashmiri cultural tradition, and she is venerated equally by both Hindus and Muslims till date. Life and Influences
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Lal Ded was an ardent devotee. All in all, it was a miserable life and instead of bearing it all like numerous other young girls of her time did, Lal Ded walked out. He laughs when you laugh, sneezes in your sleep, Yawns for you, coughs for you. He bathes every day in the river of your thoughts. He's naked, all year round, and walks where you walk. Lal-Ded is a rebel saint, a revolutionary mystic of the 14th century Kashmir. We know her only through her verses called 'Vak'; that have come down to us through folk tradition of Kashmir. Lala-vak is not primarily poetry nor is it mere learned discourse. It is a discourse for the practical purpose of sanctifying and divinizing human nature.
1. Lal Děd: Life, Poetry and Historical Context I didn't believe in it for a moment but I gulped down the wine of my own voice. And then I wrestled with the darkness inside me, knocked it down, clawed at it, ripped it to shreds. (POEM 48) The poems of the fourteenth-century Kashmiri mystic Lal Děd strike us like brief and blinding bursts Lalla Ded was a prominent saint-poet Born to a Kashmiri Pandit family in Pandrethan in the year 1355, Lalla Ded was a prominent saint-poet, who defied social convention in her search for God. Apart from a mystic poet, Kashmiris consider her a holy woman, a yogi, a devotee of Lord Shiva. Some even consider her an avtar.
Lalleshwari (Lal Ded) (1) Selected Verses for Meditation Hindu Mysticism Kashmir Shaivism
Lalleshwari, locally popular as Lal Ded, was a Kashmiri mystic of the early medieval period, renowned for her devotional lyrical verse. Her spiritualist compositions, musings, methods and practices were universal, holistic and transcendental in appeal, and thus inspired Hindus and Muslims alike. The poems of the fourteenth-century Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded, popularly known as Lalla, strike us like brief and blinding bursts of light. Emotionally rich yet philosophically precise, sumptuously enigmatic yet crisply structured, these poems are as sensuously evocative as they are charged with an ecstatic devotion.
