Tales : The Mullah’s psychology
After years of struggling with his donkey, Mullah Nasruddin began to lose patience. It seemed the animal was more lazy and stubborn every day, not lifting a hoof off the Continue Reading →
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The Bodhisattva Vow
In the Buddhist tradition, a bodhisattva is one who is on the path to Buddhahood, or supreme enlightenment. The simplest form of the Bodhisattva Vow is, “May I attain Buddhahood Continue Reading →
Tales : If nothing exists
A young student of zen, who felt he had accomplished a great deal, presented himself before a zen master, and to show his zen, declared, “The mind, Buddha, and sentient Continue Reading →
Najmaldin Kubra : What never existed
Najmaldin Kubra (1145 – 1221 CE) was born in present day Uzbekistan and became a very influential Sufi, the founder of the Kubrawiya Order. Among his students was the father Continue Reading →
Giving up expectations
Like plants in the garden, words can show many faces. The delicate petals of a rose may be surrounded by needle-sharp thorns, and a handsomely coloured berry may have flesh Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt XV – My tour abroad in the West
With this post, Hazrat Inayat Khan concludes this portion of his Confessions concerning his travels in the West. The previous post in the series is here. It was on hearing Continue Reading →
Fruit and fragrance at the Dargah
Since news about the flood damage at the Dargah Hazrat Sufi Inayat provoked a generous response from mureeds around the world, repair work has mostly put things back to normal. Continue Reading →
Tales : Still further to go
Once, long ago, there was a great sage whose name was Parnada. Through study, abstinence, holy sacrifices, long meditation and difficult disciplines he had trampled human limitations underfoot and earned Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt XIV – My tour abroad in the west
Continuing his journey through the west, Hazrat Inayat Khan now travels from America to Europe. The previous post is here. Praise be to the name of God, that those who Continue Reading →
Fikirchand : Snared by the beauty
Fikirchand was a 19th c. Baul mystic and poet. My soul cries out,Snared by the beautyOf the formless one.As I cry by myself,Night and day,Beauty amassed before my eyesSurpasses numberless Continue Reading →