Continuity of thought
IQBAL , Warish Shah, bhartri-Hari & Tilla Jogian
Tilla Jogian is ancient
place of scholarship in the Punjab and it is considered ancient sufi place
& Centre of yogi/Jogi traditions much before UCCH in our part of the world.
The place is in Pakistani Punjab yet needs extra care. In this piece u will
hear about Bhartri-Hari, a poet philosopher and expert of Grammar who was like
Bal Nath, among the pupils of Gorakh Nath. Bhartri-Hari Smadh is still at Tilla
Jogian.( for refrence see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhart%E1%B9%9Bhari) If u are coming to lhore from Pindi, u can turn from Mandara or u can
enter from Rohtas at G T Road to reach Tilla. As usual, road is not good,
neither torism department develop this ancient cite yet Zubair Shafi Ghauri, a
civil servant by profession and archeologist by conviction visited Tilla in his
youth. Here he not only visited Tilla, Smadh of Hari but also saw the place
where Ranjha beptimized. Yah, the place is known as "kan Phatta"
Yogies/jogies. Wearing wrings in the ears is an old tradition which is still
prevelent in our times.
In 1935, in a book,
another poet philosopher recorded Bhartri-hari verse, translated in URDU,
either from him or from someone else. It is matter of research. The book which
recorded or revives Bhartri was Bal e Jibreal by Allama Iqbal. Just read the
piece and enjoy it
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