Category: The Jewelled Garden

Lalleshwari, also known as Laila or Lal Dad, is the much loved 14th c. CE mystic and poet of Kashmir. For a little more about her, see this post. Don’t Continue Reading →

Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213 – 1289 CE) was a Sufi and poet born in Persia but who travelled extensively, visiting India, Anatolia and Egypt before ultimately passing away in Damascus, For Continue Reading →

This poem by the Punjab mystic Sultan Bahu might make some readers think of the prayers Pir, Nabi and Rasul, which evoke the inspiring ideal of the spiritual guide. So Continue Reading →

Pambatti Siddhar was one of the lineage of 18 Tamil masters or ‘siddhars’. His poems traditionally contain an address to a dancing snake, which may be understood as a reference Continue Reading →

Sari al Saqati was a 9th c. CE Sufi in Baghdad, and the maternal uncle of the great Junaid. He was learned and taught many Sufi students, but he began Continue Reading →

In the ancient book on Sufism, The Kashf al-Mahjub, written by Ali al-Hujwiri, we find this reference to the 10th c, CE Persian Sufi Abul Hassan Kharqani: It is related Continue Reading →

Abul Qasim Nasrabadi (d. 978 CE) was a Persian Sufi, the student of Shibli, and the master of later Sufis of Khorosan. It is recorded that he said: You are Continue Reading →

I do not know how it smellsor what color that Wild Flower isbut every bird in every meadowdoes nothing but sing Its praises. Should those Magic Eyes wish,every angel would Continue Reading →

Hakuin Ekaku (1686 – 1769 CE) was a Japanese monk, generally credited as the reviver of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. He laid great emphasis on the need to Continue Reading →

The 15th c. CE mystic and poet Ravidas was a contemporary of Kabirdas. For a little more about him, see this post. You are me, and I am You — Continue Reading →