I, Lalla Quotes

“My Master gave me just one rule:
Forget the outside, get to the inside of things.
I, Lalla, took that teaching to heart.
From that day, I’ve danced naked.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“It’s so much easier to study than act,
to philosophise than go looking for the Self.
Losing the scriptures in the thick fog of my practice,
I stumbled on second sight.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“shüñuk mä’ dān kōdum pānas

Alone, I crossed the Field of Emptiness,
dropping my reason and my senses.
I stumbled on my own secret there and flowered,
a lotus rising from a marsh.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“They lash me with insults,
serenade me with curses.
Their barking means nothing to me.
Even if they came with soul-flowers to offer,
I couldn’t care less.
Untouched, I move on.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“To dam a flood,
to blow out a forest fire,
to walk on air,
to milk a wooden cow:
any con artist could do it. ~ Lal Dĕd, poem 119”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd

“Up, woman! Go make your offering. Take wine, meat and a cake fit for the gods. If you know the password to the Supreme Place,
you can reach wisdom by breaking the rules.”
― Lalla, I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd