Interfaith Quotes

“Awakening to faith is not a one-time event, but a continuously unfolding reality. The journey of faith is not a race, but a marathon of love that each person walks at a different pace.”
― A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

“Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.”
― Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, The Religion of God

“Sometimes I wish I had invented a multicultural name for myself, before I started writing, like I do with my book titles, because apes have a disgusting tendency to stick religion onto names.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“How do you end animosity between nations, between cultures? You stand as the ultimate beacon of brotherhood – borderless, prejudiceless, intoleranceless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“How to Read and Publish Naskar
(Sonnet 3171-3173)

When you publish my works after me,
make sure the new covers are made by
human hands, preferably adapting from the
originals that I designed with my own hands -

don't dishonor my life's work
by using generative ai;

remember, the original Naskar covers
are an instrumental part of the canon,
not mere decorations.

Also, be careful with Naskar typos,
because what you presume as typo, might be
deliberately planted linguistic landmine -

sure you might find actual typos,
in fact I'm sure of it, but most of what
you'd consider typos with your monolingual,
monocultural brain, are Naskarian artifacts.

Then finally, there is the matter of editing,
and I decree: unless you're a Naskar yourself,
by which I mean, a multicultural, multilingual,
multidisciplinary being, without fanaticism,
without militant rationalism, as well as
without pseudoscientific supernaturalism,
you are unqualified to edit Naskar -

Naskar too is falsifiable, but not by tribal minds,
and I don't just mean religiously or culturally
tribal, I also mean intellectually tribal;

you may skip the first two or three years,
because as I've often remarked,
they were mostly borrowed research,
with occasional original Naskar,
but as for mid and late phase Naskar,
publish each text in its original entirety -

you may abridge if necessary, with caution,
but you must not try to edit Naskar -
a climber mustn't try to edit the Himalayas.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I love when bigots blow their fuse because of something I've written, it gives me a sort of spiritual orgasm.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I don't need a religious occasion to feel holy, every day inhabited by a human is sacred, every day is a celebration of the human spirit.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Many Reasons to Hate Naskar
(Sonnet 3186-3187)

Naskar is a textbook traitor,
with zero patriotic spirit,
he seems to care more about
the enemies than his own people.

Naskar is obviously guided by satan,
sprouting all sorts of blasphemous stuff,
like tolerance and interfaith harmony.

Naskar is an absolute fake,
he doesn't even believe in an almighty god,
yet refuses to be called an atheist.

Naskar is a typical lowlife,
who doesn't know the difference
between neuroscience and philosophy.

Naskar is a filthy desert dweller,
who doesn't even understand rhyme and meter.

So, what are you waiting for?
Grab every last of my books,
and sonnets, and verses, and sciences,
and theologies, and philosophies,
and throw it all into the fire,
if that reduces your hatred even slightly.

P.S. Why should good hatred go to waste,
at least we can get a few sonnets out of it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“The Final Answer, Sonnet 3199
(Diary of Dervish Advaitam)

Empathy first or wisdom first?
Empathy first, wisdom follows.

Ocean bigger or a drop of water?
Distance is the delusion.

Soil sacred or rain?
Neither on their own,
but combined they make life,
that's when they fulfill their purpose.

Allah (God) first or Insan (Human) first?

Neither! Love comes first -
where there is love, God and Human are one.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Ocean bigger or a drop of water?
Distance is the delusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Empathy first or wisdom first?
Empathy first, wisdom follows.

Ocean bigger or a drop of water?
Distance is the delusion.

Allah (God) first or Insan (Human) first?
Neither! Love comes first -
where there is love, God and Human are one.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“We all have our mad obsessions, some are obsessed with ending religion, so that only rationality remains, some are obsessed with converting everybody, so that only one religion remains, I'm obsessed with ending the walls, so that only humanity remains.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Religious fundamentalists, xenophobic nationalists, and militant atheists, are all cut from the same cloth, the cloth of cantankerous dogma, sometimes they come dressed in ceremonial religious garb, sometimes in aristocratic intellectual suits.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“When you reach the mountaintop you no longer want to convert people, nor do you want to take away their god - in fact, erase any religion and any science that requires another human to be less human for you to be religious or scientific.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Earth is my clan, Humanity is my kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Erase any religion and any science that requires another human to be less human for you to be religious or scientific.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“The Poet Idiot
(Sonnet 3138/ Song 2)

Some call me a dervish,
and some call advaitin.
All fight over garments,
and none cares for a human.

Some chained to the doctrine,
and some chained to equation.
Some just wanna prove god,
and some nonexistence.

Some say, I'm a sufi,
and some say, I'm a scientist.
Larger than a mountain,
yet smaller than an atom.

What good is a knife that is
all blade, and no handle!
What good is a brain that is
devoid of compassion!

Some call me a poet,
and some call me an idiot.
I just am a Human
igniting toleration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Every Person is My People
(Sonnet 3201/ Song 4)

If my freedom hates another,
if my brain degrades another,
if my faith erase another,
if my progress thieves another,

if my culture kills another,
if my science shells another,
if my medicine bills another,
if my code surveils another,

if my scripture burns another,
if my flag tortures another,
if my crown converts another,
if my god butchers another -

I don't want such myths and manner,
I don't want such paradise planner,
I don't want such nuts and spanner,
I don't want such ritual murder -

I don't want such god and culture,
I am not some faithful vulture,
every person is my people,
every culture is my culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“That's why I've come, to drag spirituality down into the soil, and science down onto the streets - tea cup in one hand, cheeseburger in another, I have come, not to start a new religion, but to carry the rivers to the sea.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“If my freedom hates another,
if my faith erase another,
if my flag tortures another,
if my god butchers another -

I don't want such god and culture,
I don't want such ritual murder -
every person is my people,
every culture is my culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“God is the first and final call of love, living inside the four chambers of the heart, not behind the four walls of organized religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“History of music is teeming with love songs, religious songs, patriotic songs, nowadays even conspiracy songs - then why is it that tolerance, oneness, plurality, humanity have practically zero musical exposure! But never mind, Naskar is here.

For a while now I've wanted to include songs in the canon, but the formatting of a song felt too mechanical, all that hook, bridge, verse, chorus stuff, until I realized, why not burn the format altogether, like I did with the sonnets, and write it like any other Naskar sonnet, only a little more lyrical than usual.

Besides, after thousands of sonnets, it'd be a shame if I didn't leave behind at least a few hundred songs. Any art that lifts the human spirit is Naskar art, every science that lifts up society is Naskar science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“Some chained to the doctrine,
and some chained to equation.
All fight over garments,
and none cares for a human.

What good is a knife that is
all blade, and no handle!
What good is a brain that is
devoid of compassion!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“History of music is teeming with love songs, religious songs, patriotic songs, nowadays even conspiracy songs - then why is it that tolerance, oneness, plurality, humanity have practically zero musical exposure! But never mind, Naskar is here.

After thousands of sonnets, it'd be a shame if I didn't leave behind at least a few hundred songs. No fancy equipment, no artificial garbage, written from naked mind, recorded in naked voice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I walk the line between fact and fiction, I inhabit the space between sane and insane, until you develop a mind capable of containing seemingly paradoxical ideas without collapsing, you are not ready to enter the Naskar garden - you can enter, but it'll all feel alien.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“United we are human,
divided we are apes -
only Virtue is Wholeness,
fragmentation makes undead;

tolerate no Xenophobe,
Young and old all get infected,
Zionists are temu adolf -
you stand human, vaccinated!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“I don't need a religious occasion to feel holy, every day inhabited by a human is sacred, every day is a celebration of the human spirit.

The day we learn to celebrate each other, instead of fixating on fairytales in the sky, that day we'll be holy, that day we'll be human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“To label oneness is to disable oneness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“If you can't find Mevla (God) in Leyla (Love), you're not religious, only brainwashed - only Mejnun (Mad in Love) is religious, all others are brainwashed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer

“In the eyes of the truly holy, there is no false religion and true religion, there are only many mirrors to one light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Jashn-e Insan: Stranger is God, Helping is the Prayer