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Kul Himmet : No ordinary goods

Posted on 23rd February 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Kul Himmet was a 16th century Turkish Sufi and poet, one of the great Alevi lyricists, but almost nothing is known about his life. He is said to have been Continue Reading →

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Al-Farid : In memory of the Beloved

Posted on 20th February 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

These verses from ‘The Wine Ode’ by Ibn al-Farid describe something of the indescribable bliss of divine union. In memory of the beloved     we drank a wine;          we were drunk with it     before Continue Reading →

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Ramprasad : In the world’s busy marketplace

Posted on 17th February 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

In India the awakening of Spring is observed by ‘Basant Panchami,’ and one of the Basant activities in the Punjab is the flying of kites – the core image of Continue Reading →

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Ramprasad : Once for all, this time

Posted on 9th February 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 – c 1775) was a Bengali poet and mystic of the Shakta tradition, devoted to the goddess Kali. There are many stories told about his life Continue Reading →

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Yongjia : No bad fortune, no good fortune

Posted on 1st February 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Yongjia Xuanjue (665 – 713 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Chan school, who is now best remembered as the author of the Song of Enlightenment, often identified Continue Reading →

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Sivavakkiyar : What is a temple?

Posted on 25th January 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Sivavakkiyar was a 9th century CE Tamil mystic, one of the Siddha poet-saints of the Shaivite tradition of South India. Nothing is known of his life, but the surviving collection Continue Reading →

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Rupa Bhawani : I did not come as a seed

Posted on 20th January 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Rupa Bhawani (ca. 1621 – 1721 CE) was a deeply mystical poet of Kashmir. Her father was a very devout Hindu Pandit, and it is said that after many years Continue Reading →

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Nam Dev : I came to Your temple, O Lord

Posted on 14th January 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Nam Dev (traditionally 1270 – 1350 CE) was a Hindu poet and saint from Maharashtra in India. Very little is certain about his life, except that he was born into Continue Reading →

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Bibi Hayati : Before there was a trace

Posted on 5th January 2021 by Nawab Pasnak

Bibi Hayati Kermani was born in the early 19th c. in a Sufi family in the Kerman province of south-eastern Iran. She was raised by her brother, who guided her Continue Reading →

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Muhyiddin : When my Beloved appears

Posted on 28th December 2020 by Nawab Pasnak

Muhyiddin ibn Arabi (1265 – 1340 CE) was born in Murcia, Spain, but his family traced its origins to Arabia, as recorded in his name. He was a prolific writer Continue Reading →

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