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Podcast: Poems of Annihilation
Episode: The mountain of love is hard to ascend; only Bulleh Shah has climbed it and knows about it
Description: Bullhe Shah Sufi Lyrics Christopher Shackle poems 16-17 “the wick of true knowledge is lit like this” “I am no Hindu or Turk” “the followers of love are very steadfast” robbers thags religious specialists quran 2.18 “the mountain of love is hard to ascend; only someone who has climbed it knows about it” a muslim in medieval India was called a “Turk” Murty classical library of India Harvard