Hazrat Inayat : The Self and the Merit of God
Hazrat Inayat Khan lays before us the explanation of a very subtle matter. In Sufi terms the self of God is called Zat, and His qualities, His merits, are named Sifat. The Continue Reading →
Author: Nawab Pasnak
Theophan : Descend from your head (Russian version)
Теофан: Из головы сойти Теофан Завторник (1815-1894) – святой Православной церкви. Он был сыном православного священника, стал монахом еще будучи молодым человеком и позже служил Тамбовским епископом. Один из его Continue Reading →
Nizamuddin Auliya : My soul I surrender (Spanish version)
Nizamuddin Auliya : Mi alma , entrego Como estamos en la celebración del Urs de Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 – 1325 CE), el gran maestro Sufi conocido como Mahbub-e-Ilahi, el amado Continue Reading →
Muso Soseki : Clear valley
Muso Soseki was a 14th c. Japanese Zen master, poet and designer of meditative gardens. ‘The Sixth Patriarch’, mentioned in this poem, is the Chinese Chan master Hui Neng, who Continue Reading →
Tales : If nothing exists (Spanish version)
Cuentos : Si nada existe Un joven estudiante de zen, que sentía que había logrado mucho, se presentó ante un maestro zen y, para mostrar su zen, declaró: «La mente, Continue Reading →
The rhythms of life
There are certain activities – dancing is an example – in which it is not only what we do that is important but how we do it. If the choreography Continue Reading →
Tales : Nasruddin and the power of fear
It happened once upon a time that the great Emperor Tamerlane, in the course of his journeys, came to the village where Mullah Nasruddin was living. Thinking that it would Continue Reading →
Fikirchand : Snared by the beauty (Spanish version)
Fikirchand : Atrapada por la belleza Fikirchand fue un místico y poeta baul del siglo XIX. Mi alma grita atrapada por la belleza Del sin forma. Mientras grito a solas, noche y día, La belleza acumulada Continue Reading →
Theophan : Images, however sacred (Spanish version)
Teófano : Las imágenes, por sagardas que sean Para más información sobre el santo cristiano ortodoxo Teófano el Recluso (1815-1894 d.C.), véase esta publicación. Las imágenes, por sagradas que sean, retienen la Continue Reading →
Attar : You need patience for this quest
For some background on the 12th c. Persian Sufi poet Fariduddin Attar, see this post. You need patience for this quest.Not everyone is a patient seeker.Not until the quest appears Continue Reading →