hearing the message of spiritual liberty
For more about the 13th c. CE Franciscan monk and poet Jacopone da Todi, see this earlier post. Oh, the futility of seeking to conveyWith images and feelingsThat which surpasses Continue Reading →
Viladat means nativity or birth, and in the Sufi Movement the 5th of July is called Viladat Day, the birthday of Hazrat Inayat Khan – he was born on this Continue Reading →
Some said that Bahlool was only a fool, but the mighty Khalifa Haroun al Rashid was not so sure. He suspected that Bahlool was one of those illuminated souls who Continue Reading →
For some background about this 13th c. Indian Sufi, see this post. This excerpt is taken from his collection ‘One Hundred Letters’ The daily routine of a disciple, in the Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat Khan continues with his teaching upon the figure of the messenger that has come again and again to answer the cry of humanity. The first post in the Continue Reading →
Readers may be aware that a recent very heavy rainstorm caused serious damage to the domestic airport terminal in New Delhi in which unfortunately one person died. The same storm Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat Khan was an illuminated Sufi murshid, personally guiding a number of mureeds onward toward the goal, but he also delivered many lectures on the theme of the Message Continue Reading →
Yung-chia Hsuan-Chueh (665-713 CE) was a Chinese scholar and monk, and is considered one of the greatest and most gifted teachers of Zen Buddhism. These verses are taken from his Continue Reading →
For some background on the Hindu minstrel poet and mystic Namdev, see this post. The thundering resonance of the Wordhas liberated me while living;Such is the service, O Lord,rendered by Continue Reading →
There is a tale told of a Sufi named Hatem al-Asamm, who lived in Baghdad, and died in 852 CE. One of his students said that during the many years Continue Reading →