Tales : Who was your great-grandfather?
Lord Shiva is said to be beyond birth and death, and that he first manifested as a pillar of light when Brahma and Vishnu were arguing between themselves as to Continue Reading →
Author: Nawab Pasnak
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions, pt XXI – Eastern training
With this instalment we reach the conclusion of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s reflections on his life, and on Eastern training in spirituality. The previous post in the series is here, and Continue Reading →
Tales : A beloved is always hidden
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is known as “Mahbub-e-Ilahi”, beloved of God. There are many lovers of God but there are only two Sufis known as Mahbub-e-Ilahi. They are Shaikh ‘Abdul-Qadir Jilani Continue Reading →
Kabir : Why wander all over?
For more about the 15th c. CE mystic and poet Kabir, see this earlier post. Your Raam is in your heartWhy wander all over? Such rare gems hidden in the Continue Reading →
Giving up expectations (Spanish version)
Renunciar a las Expectativas Como las plantas en los jardines, las palabras pueden mostrar muchas caras. Los delicados pétalos de una rosa pueden estar rodeados de afiladas espinas, y una Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions, pt XX – Eastern training
Having spoken of the training in religion and morality that is common in the East, Hazrat Inayat Khan now describes the consequences of that training on our spiritual development. ‘Chained Continue Reading →
The Necessary
It seems that every day our world is more disordered. People suffer from storms and floods, droughts, epidemics, famine, political oppression, civil unrest and warfare. The list could easily be Continue Reading →
Asking Permission (Dutch version)
Toestemming vragen In India houden musici zich vaak aan een heel mooie gewoonte: nadat alle praktische zaken geregeld zijn, zoals het plaatsen van microfoons en kabels en het controleren van Continue Reading →
Hafiz : The Glow of Your Presence
For more about the mystic and poet Khwaja Shamsuddin Muhammed Hafiz of Shiraz, see this post. Where have you taken your sweet song?Come back and play me a tune. I never Continue Reading →
Shams-i-Tabrizi : Don’t blame the mirror (Spanish version)
Shams-i-Tabrizi: No culpes al espejo Este sutil pensamiento sobre el autoconocimiento es tomado del Magalat o Conversaciones de Shams de Tabriz, el catalizador del Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. Ahora, Oh amigo, Continue Reading →