--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > You're probably right about Barks, but that "translation" of the > > Arabic was the first time that the phrase made any sense to me. > > On the other hand, Kabir was certainly a mystic, and > according to Wikipedia his poetry is pervaded by ideas > from both the Vedanta and Bhakti streams of Hinduism > (which is, interestingly, similar to what MMY has said > of Shankara's teaching). Kabir disavowed sectarian > religion of any kind. "He often advocated leaving > aside the Qur'an and Vedas and to simply follow Shahaj > path, or the Simple/Natural Way to oneness in God," > Wikipedia says. > > If all this is correct, it would be odd indeed if Kabir > had invoked "There is no God but Allah" in the exclusive > sectarian Islamic sense.
To quote myself from earlier today: > In my opinion, when you know nothing about a > subject, it's better to say nothing about it than > to spout a buncha bullshit and *prove* that you > know nothing about it. Some posters here, who > feel compelled to act as if they know all about > things they've never studied (the Google-it-for- > five-minutes-and-pretend-you're-an-expert approach) > would IMO do better to follow their teacher's > example and just stay away from subjects they > know nothing about. Not only did Judy feel compelled to do the Google-it-for-five-minutes-and-pretend-you're- an-expert thang, she got the name of the poet wrong. The line being "translated" was by Rumi. :-) :-) :-) If just being called (correctly) a True Believer got her in as much of a snit as she's been today, I just can't WAIT to see how she reacts to realizing that she made an ass of herself. Expect about 20 more posts in the next two or three days trashing me. :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
