Lalla Quotes on God
Lalla, also known as Lal Ded, was a fourteenth-century Kashmiri mystic poet and philosopher in the Trika Shaivite tradition, and the founder of the philosophical and devotional tradition of Kashmiri vakhs, or sacred sayings. This page collects quotes attributed to Lalla on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Lalla:
“I wandered far in search of God; I found Him at last in my own heart.”
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Attributed to Lalla:
“Worship is not where one bows, but where one is consumed in love.”
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Attributed to Lalla:
“Like ice in water, my self has melted into the Self.”
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Attributed to Lalla:
“What I sought outside was already within; what I called God was already I.”