Tales : Faithful to the Tradition
There was once a monk of a certain spiritual order who, after studying for many years in various monasteries, adopted a wandering life, simply going wherever the path led him. Continue Reading →
Category: English
Nammalvar : While I was waiting for him
Nammalvar was one of the twelve Tamil Alvar poet-saints, said by tradition to have been born in an enlightened state in 3059 BCE. These verses are to the Divine in Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Man, the Seed of God pt I
In this series of texts, Hazrat Inayat Khan uses the powerful image of the human being as the seed of the Divine to give an all-encompassing picture of the soul’s Continue Reading →
Tales : The Kingly Attitude
Hazrat Inayat Khan once told the following tale to illustrate what he meant by ‘the kingly attitude’, a term he sometimes used. It happened that someone told the Gaekwad, or Continue Reading →
Nisargadatta : Living in Silence
Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897 – 1981) was a householder jnana yogi who lived in Bombay. For more about him, see this post. The following brief but very rich excerpt is from a Continue Reading →
Glimpses : Stimulating the False Ego
The following anecdote, reported by Kismet Stam, one of the Master’s secretaries, seems to be connected with one of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s journeys across the United States. Someone told about Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Phenomenon of the Soul pt XVIII
Concluding his discussion of what the soul inherits in its manifestation, Hazrat Inayat Khan points out that for those walking in the path of truth, ‘there is no heredity.’ This Continue Reading →
Muktabai : Though he has no form
Muktabai was born in the 13th c. CE in Maharashtra. She and her three brothers were all saints in the Nath tradition, which synthesised elements of Buddhism, Shaivism and yoga. Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Phenomenon of the Soul pt XVII
As he continues his explanation of the mystical understanding of what the soul inherits, Hazrat Inayat Khan now speaks of what is received from the mother and from the father. Continue Reading →