Tales : Rama and the Squirrel’s Devotion
In the great epic the Ramayana, a story that pits all that is good and noble against selfishness and evil, Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, was kidnapped by King Continue Reading →
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Hazrat Inayat : Tongues of Flame pt II
After his explanation of the importance of symbology, Hazrat Inayat Khan now completes the symbolic meaning of the tongues of flame described in the Book of Acts in the New Continue Reading →
Abul Hassan : We have chosen
For some background on the 10th c. CE Persian mystic Abul Hassan Kharqani, see this post. The Beloved created this worldand offered each group to choose their work and they Continue Reading →
The Granting of Needs
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan left an enormous treasury for those who feel the call of the Message – innumerable lectures which so often sound like our own heart speaking to Continue Reading →
Tales : Bahlool avoids questions and answers
Once a scholar came upon Bahlool, sitting as usual in the cemetery. The world generally believed that Bahlool was a fool, but the scholar suspected that he was not what Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Tongues of flame pt I
After his explanation of the importance of symbology, Hazrat Inayat Khan now unfolds the symbolic meaning of the tongues of flame described in the Book of Acts in the New Continue Reading →
Yuan Mei : P’u-t’o Temple
For more about this 18th c. CE Chinese poet and painter, see this earlier post. A temple, hidden, treasured in the mountain’s cleftPines, bamboo such a subtle flavor:The ancient Buddha sits there, Continue Reading →
Tales : Nasruddin and the end of the world
It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin had a lamb, and as he raised it himself with great care, it grew very plump and tender. But in a Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Jacob wrestling with the angel
After his explanation of the importance of symbology, Hazrat Inayat Khan now considers the biblical account of Jacob from the Book of Genesis. The wrestling with Jacob signified the wrestling Continue Reading →
Bayazid : Among the broken hearts
Abu Yazid Bistami was a deeply mystical Persian Sufi of the 9th c. CE who had great influence on the Sufis of his time. For a little more about him, Continue Reading →