Fikirchand : Snared by the beauty
Fikirchand was a 19th c. Baul mystic and poet. My soul cries out,Snared by the beautyOf the formless one.As I cry by myself,Night and day,Beauty amassed before my eyesSurpasses numberless Continue Reading →
Category: The Jewelled Garden
Flashes of divine light from illuminated souls
Dhammapada : The World
An excerpt from The Dhammapada, the sayings of Gautama Buddha. Do not follow a bad law. Do not live in thoughtlessness. Do not follow wrong ideas. Do not be attached to the world. Continue Reading →
Allama Prabhu : Looking for your light
For more about Allama Prabhu, see this post. Looking for your light,I went out: it was like the sudden dawn of a million million suns, a ganglion of lightnings for my wonder. Continue Reading →
Ramakrishna : God’s drawing room
For some background on Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. You should remember that the heart of the devotee is the abode of God. He dwells, no doubt, in all beings, Continue Reading →
Maneri : The love of God
This excerpt is taken from “The Mine of Meaning,” discourses of the 14th c. CE Shaikh Sharafuddin Maneri (‘the Revered Master’) compiled by his student Zain Badr Arabi (‘the ‘Helpless Continue Reading →
Theophan : Images, however sacred
For more about the Orthodox Christian saint Theophan the recluse, (1815-1894 CE), see this post. Images, however sacredthey may be, retainthe attention outside,whereas at the time of prayerthe attention must Continue Reading →
Shams-i-Tabrizi : Love unbinds
This subtle thought about self-awareness is taken from the Maqalat or Conversations of Shams of Tabriz, the spiritual catalyst of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. The mind constricts; love unbinds.The mind says, Continue Reading →
Lalleshwari : Drifter, on your feet, get moving!
Lalleshwari or Lal Ded was a 14th c. Kashmiri yogini in the Shaivite tradition. She is deeply loved in Kashmir, both by Hindus and Muslims, and it is said that Continue Reading →
Shams-i-Tabirzi : Don’t blame the mirror
This subtle thought about self-awareness is taken from the Maqalat or Conversations of Shams of Tabriz, the spiritual catalyst of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. Now, O friend, you say, “Place the Continue Reading →
Chuang Tsu : Distinguishing ego from self
For more about the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tau, see this post. All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object.Among them all, man alone is more than Continue Reading →