Dasimayya : The utterly at-one with Siva
The 10th C. CE Hindu poet-saint Devara Dasimayya was devoted to Siva, who was the supposed founder of the holy city of of Benares, or Varanasi as it is now Continue Reading →
hearing the message of spiritual liberty
The 10th C. CE Hindu poet-saint Devara Dasimayya was devoted to Siva, who was the supposed founder of the holy city of of Benares, or Varanasi as it is now Continue Reading →
It happened once upon a time in India that two men, by the hand of destiny, found themselves journeying together. The two were of completely different natures. One was a Continue Reading →
Having begun his description in the previous post of the experience in the angelic realm for the soul returning to the source, Hazrat Inayat Khan now expands upon the theme, Continue Reading →
The Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar is the author of a highly revered text, the “Tirukkural,” composed of over a thousand couplets on ethics, political craft and love. Although it Continue Reading →
Long, long ago, when the world was young, it happened that the Sun shone every day so strongly that the world became very hot. The animals bore it patiently, but Continue Reading →
The following sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan were collected by his English mureed Nargis Jessie Dowland, and appeared in a small booklet that was marked ‘for private circulation’, issued in Continue Reading →
Do you sympathize with others? Or when you see someone struggling do you look away, trying to ignore their difficulties, attempting perhaps to maintain your focus on your own affairs? The Continue Reading →
Having spoken of the experience of the returning soul in the sphere of the jinn, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to illustrate the experience in the sphere of the angels. Continue Reading →
It happened once upon a time, in the little village of Chelm, that a woman preparing food for her family, happened to drop a piece of buttered bread – and Continue Reading →
Although Wu Ts’ailuan is an admired and revered poet of the Taoist tradition, it not possible to say anything certain about her life. She may have lived in the 9th Continue Reading →