Tales : The Future Buddha as a Wise Judge
The following is a Jataka tale, meaning an illustration of virtue in a previous life of the one who was destined to be Gautama Buddha. It is a clear parallel Continue Reading →
Category: English
Yogananda : What bliss at the sight of Thy light!
For background on the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, see this post. As I muse on Thee a thrilling fountain spray lightninglike spreads from my heart to all cells of my body, Continue Reading →
Tales : Lord Shiva rescued by a dancer
It happened once upon a time that a certain rakshasa or demon named Bhamasura spent years in the snow-bound Himalayas performing austerities in devotion to Lord Shiva. In time, his Continue Reading →
Ramakrishna : Please turn the light
For some background on Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. One cannot see God without His grace. Is it an easy thing to receive grace? One must altogether renounce egotism; one Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Divine Manner pt I
In Sufi terms the divine manner is called Akhlaq-i Allah. Man thinks, speaks, and acts according to the pitch to which his soul is tuned. The highest note he can be Continue Reading →
Hallaj : Vanishing Ascension
For some background on the Sufi mystic and martyr Mansur al Hallaj, see this post. I went up so high that his existence vanished from me Then I vanished from the Continue Reading →
Tales : Namdev learns from an old man
The great saint from Maharashtra, Namdev, was a devotee of Lord Shiva, and once, during his prayers and meditations, he begged his Lord for the blessing of constant communion–to be Continue Reading →
The Flame of Faith
In the story of Aladdin – or at least in one version of the tale, for like all well loved stories it is told by different tellers in different ways Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Man’s relation to God
Hazrat Inayat Khan explores the relationship between the bubble-like self of the human being and the infinite ocean of God. Man’s relation to God may be likened to the relation of the Continue Reading →
Han Shan : Put these two together
For some information on the Buddhist monk and teacher Han Shan Te Ching (1546–1623 CE) see this post. There are times when we act with unshakable faith in the Dharma Continue Reading →