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 →
Category: English
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 →
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 →
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 →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt XIX, Eastern training
Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins the final chapter of his ‘Confessions,’ in which he describes the traditional training of the child and of the spiritual seeker in the East. The Continue Reading →
Tales : This retreat has not helped you
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is said to have told the tale, that a certain Pir well acquainted with the Sufi path had a son, let us call him Mohammed, who had Continue Reading →
Asking permission
In India, musicians often observe a very beautiful custom: after all the practical arrangements have been dealt with, such as the placement of microphones and cables and checking the sound, Continue Reading →