Category: The Jewelled Garden

For some information on the Buddhist monk and teacher Han Shan Te Ching (1546–1623 CE) see this post. People crave sensory stimulation. They enjoy this kind of external excitement. But Continue Reading →

For some background on the Mughal poet and Sufi known as Bedil Dehlvi, see this post. Why ask me of the differencebetween the Kaaba and the Christian monastery?Enslaved by this Continue Reading →

For some information about the Sufi mystic, poet and martyr Mansur al Hallaj, see this post. Your spirit is mingled with mineas wine is mixed with water;whatever touches you touches Continue Reading →

For some background on the Mughal poet and Sufi known as Bedil Dehlvi, see this post. Choose silence even if it cause you scandalMany breaths have I wastedin vain talk Continue Reading →

For more about the Persian Sufi, mathematician and jurist Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani (1098 – 1131 CE) see this earlier post. Nonexistencewithin existenceis my Rulegetting lostin getting lostmy Religion. Translation  Peter Continue Reading →

For some background on the Indian mystic Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. The world is water and the mind, milk. If you pour milk into water, they become one, you Continue Reading →

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 →