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The Lotus is not an official symbol of Sufism, but it is commonly associated. According to one source, “Kabir, Bulleh Shah and Lalon are petals of a mystic lotus that blossomed in medieval India imbibing the ancient and the contemporary and has become the language of the people. The Punjabis across India and Pakistan are united by the kaafis of Bulleh Shah and the Bengalis sing Lalon songs across historical divides. And Kabir and his hundreds of personas permeate our language, ethos and cultural attitudes not in those palaces and power mongering lanes that perpetrate violence, or the seminaries of organised religion that preach ignorance, but in hearts and everyday lives.”

[http://www.razarumi.com/2008/08/21/kabir-bulleh-and-lalon-petals-of-a-mystic-lotus/]

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1. The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this.
   Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order.
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