Category: The Jewelled Garden

For some background on the 10th c. CE Persian mystic Abul Hassan Kharqani, see this post. The Beloved created this worldand offered each group to choose their work and they Continue Reading →

For more about this 18th c. CE Chinese poet and painter, see this earlier post. A temple, hidden, treasured                    in the mountain’s cleftPines, bamboo               such a subtle flavor:The ancient Buddha sits there, Continue Reading →

Abu Yazid Bistami was a deeply mystical Persian Sufi of the 9th c. CE who had great influence on the Sufis of his time. For a little more about him, Continue Reading →

Candaka (290? – 365? CE) was an Indian Vaishnavite poet, but there is no information about his personal life. Krishna went out to playMotherand he ate dirt Is that true Continue Reading →

Imadeddin Nasimi (1369? – 1418 CE) was born in Azerbaijan, and became a member of the Hurufi sect, which proclaimed that the individual and God are essentially one. He was Continue Reading →

For background on the 9th c. CE Persian mystic Junaid Baghdadi, see this post. For ten years I had to protect my heart from straying away and kept watch on Continue Reading →

For some background on the 10th c. CE Persian mystic Abul Hassan Kharqani, see this post. I do not say there’s no hell or heaven,but know that they are phenomena,and Continue Reading →

For some background on the Hindu minstrel poet and mystic Namdev, see this post. When I see His ways, I sing.Thus I find peace, O brothers. O brothers, lose yourself Continue Reading →

For information about Mirabai, the 16th c. CE Punjabi mystic, see this earlier post. Unbreakable, O Lord,Is the loveThat binds me to You:Like a diamond,It breaks the hammer that strikes Continue Reading →

For information about Loy Ching-yuen, see this post. Like muddy water our heart awaits cleansing;turbid or clear, its nature is of our choosing.Black or white, right or wrong –these things Continue Reading →