Category: The Jewelled Garden

Mirza Abdul-Qadir Azimabadi (1642-1720 CE) wrote under the pen-name ‘Bedil’ which means the one without a heart, or the one who has surrendered his heart. His family moved to Delhi Continue Reading →

Li Bai (701-762 CE) was born in Szechuan, but travelled widely through China. In his 40’s he was appointed to a high academic post by the emperor. Although he was Continue Reading →

For more about Yunus Emre, the 13th c. CE Sufi and poet of Turkey, see this post. Whoever is given the dervish path may his posturing cease and may he shine. Continue Reading →

For some background on the Sufi mystic and martyr Mansur al Hallaj, see this post. Your image is in my eye, your recollection is in my mouth,        your abode is in Continue Reading →

For more about this 12th c. CE Shaivite from south India, see this post. Don’t make me hear all day     ‘Whose man, whose man, whose man is this?’ Let me hear, Continue Reading →

For some background on the 9th c. CE Tamil yogi Andal, see this post. The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals;Wearing their saffron Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →