bulleh shah quotes

 Bulleh Shah Quotes

• The divine is found by those with pure and true heart.
   
• You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!
  You alone exist, I do not!
   
• Repeating the name of the Beloved
  I have become the Beloved myself.
  Whom shall I call the Beloved now?
   
• He who has the Beloved in his heart,
  He is fulfilled with his Love.
  No need he has for formality,
  He just enjoys his ecstasy.
   
• Remove duality and do away with all disputes;
  The Hindus and Muslims are not other than He.
  Deem everyone virtuous, there are no thieves.
  For, within every body He himself resides.
  How the Trickster has put on a mask!
   
• You have learnt so much
  And read a thousand books.
  Have you ever read your Self?
  You have gone to mosque and temple.
  Have you ever visited your soul?
   
• Bullah has fallen in love with the Lord.
  He has given his life and body as earnest.
  His Lord and Master is Shah Inayat
  who has captivated his heart.

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• We tried reasoning
  our way to Him:
  it did not work;
  but the moment we gave up,
  no obstacle remained. - Hakim Sanai
   
• If a gem falls into mud, it will still remain valuable.
  And if the dust descends to heaven, it will still of no value. - Saadi of Shiraz
   
• Your task is not to seek for love,
  but merely to seek and find
  all the barriers within yourself
  that you have built against it. - Rumi
   
• No one can keep us from carrying God
  Wherever we go. - Hafiz
   
• Within this earthen vessel are bowers and groves, and within it
  is the Creator: Within this vessel are the seven oceans and the unnumbered stars.
  The touchstone and the jewel-appraiser are within;
  And within this vessel the Eternal soundeth, and the spring wells
  up. Kabîr says: "Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within." -  Kabir
   
•  Bullah has fallen in love with the Lord.
  He has given his life and body as earnest.
  His Lord and Master is Shah Inayat
  who has captivated his heart. - Bulle Shah
   
• In this world you never stand by your own strength;
  It is the Invisible that sustains you every moment. - Sa'adi
  
  

Sufi Quotes

• Deep in the sea there are riches beyond your imagination.
  But if you seek safety, that is at the shore. - Saadi of Shiraz
   
• Where do you think you will Be
  When God reveals Himself
  Inside of you? - Hafiz
   
• He treasures you more
  than you do yourself.
  Rise, have done with fairy tales;
  leave your base passions,
  and come to me. - Hakim Sanai
   
• Melt yourself down in his search:
  venture your life and your soul
  in the path of sincerity;
  strive to pass from nothingness to being,
  and make yourself drunk with the wine of God. - Hakim Sanai
   
• A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey. - Traditional (Essential Sufism)
   
• No one throws stones at the barren tree. - Saadi of Shiraz
   
• Love is the cure,
  for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
  until your eyes constantly exhale love
  as effortlessly as your body yields its scent. - Rumi

Sufi Quotes From Him forgiveness comes so fast, it reaches us before repentance has even taken shape on our lips. - Hakim Sanai   One who has vanity and conceit in his head. Imagine not that he will ever hear the truth - Saadi of Shiraz   Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude For life. - Hafiz   Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word. - Rabia   He is no tyrant: for everything he takes, he gives back seventy-fold; and if he closes one door he opens ten others for you. - Hakim Sanai   It is the rule with drunkards to fall upon each other, to quarrel, become violent, and make a scene. The lover is even worse than a drunkard. I will tell you what love is: to enter a mine of gold. And what is that gold? The lover is a king above all kings, unafraid of death, not at all interested in a golden crown. - Rumi   In His presence, silence is the gift of tongues. - Hakim Sanai

Sufi Quotes When the eye is pure it sees purity. - Hakim Sanai   Green wood can be bent. But once it becomes dry, it can only be straightened by fire. - Saadi of Shiraz   Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. - Rumi   I was starving until one night My love tricked God Himself To fall into my bowl. - Hafiz   I love God: I have no time left In which to hate the devil. - Rabia   How will you ever know him, as long as you are unable to know yourself? - Hakim Sanai   With passion pray. With passion work. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God? - Rumi

Sufi Quotes and Sayings

• Bring all of yourself to his door:
  bring only a part
  and you've brought nothing at all. - Hakim Sanai
   
• I am a bird of the heavenly garden
  I belong not to the earthly sphere.
  They have made for two or three days
  A cage of my body. - Rumi
   
• O Beloved, there is no room left in my heart
  For anything but You! - Hafiz
   
• Sweep with your soul,
  before your beloved's door.
  Only then will you become her lover. - Baba Aziz
   
• There are as many paths to God as there are souls on Earth. - Hadith
   
• If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell!
  If I adore you out of desire for Paradise,
  Lock me out of Paradise.
  But if I adore you for Yourself alone,
  Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty.  - Rabia
   
• Between me and You, there is only me.
  Take away the me, so only You remain. - Hallaj
   
• Give me ecstasy, give me naked wonder, O my Creator!
  Give birth to the Beloved in me, and let this lover die.
  Let a thousand wrangling desires become one Love. - Rumi

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