Purpose of #life? Perhaps the finest way to spend a lifetime is to remain a student of the universe and become a teacher to humanity. On this planet, you can spend your life chasing wealth, tasting fame, enjoying entertainment, feeding the poor, building peace, fighting wars, raising a family or growing food. Every pursuit has its own attraction, and every human being finds meaning in something. But there is one adventure that never runs out of wonder or new horizons: the pursuit of knowledge. #4174 —Sahil Sharifdin Bhat
“Kunair haa bozakh kuni no rozakh” — if you truly understand unity, you will perish. Sheikh Nur-ud-Din Noorani: His Life, Lineage, Spiritual Journey and Legacy in Kashmir Introduction Sheikh Nur-ud-Din Noorani (RA), reverently known in Kashmir as Sheikh-ul-Alam, Nund Rishi and Alamdar-e-Kashmir, occupies a unique place in the religious, literary and cultural history of the Valley. He was not merely a mystic and saint but also one of the earliest great voices of Kashmiri literature . Through his '' Shruks ''— brief yet profound mystical utterances in the Kashmiri language — he addressed the common people in their own tongue and spoke of God, death, human conduct, simplicity, social justice, compassion and the transience of worldly life. Modern scholarship places his lifetime broadly between 1378 CE and 1440 CE and regards him as the founder of the indigenous Rishi order of Kashmiri Sufism and one of the most important figures in the religious and literary histo...