Category: The Jewelled Garden

The 10th c. CE mystic Devara Dasimayya, a devotee of Shiva, the ‘rider of the bull’ and ‘Rama’s master’ – or Ramanatha, here looks from the point of view of Continue Reading →

Lalon Shah (c. 1774-1890 CE) is one of the most important of the mystic-poets of the Baul tradition. He lived in western Bangladesh, and hundreds of his songs are still Continue Reading →

For information about the 13th c. CE Italian mystic Jacopone da Todi, or Jacopone Benedetti, see this earlier post. O Love, divine Love, why do You lay siege to me?In Continue Reading →

For some information about Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar, see this previous post. Blessed is the eye which is permeated with love.Without love it is like a pebble or stone.Like Continue Reading →

For information about Mira bai, the 16th c. CE Punjabi mystic, see this earlier post. My merciful Lord,Pray hear my petition;I am drifting in the world’s stormy sea,Rescue me, if Continue Reading →

This hymn to Nirvana, or the eternal bliss that appears with the extinction of separation and the realisation of Oneness, is usually called Nirvana Shatakam, the latter word being a Continue Reading →

An imam, required by his position not only to lead prayers, but also to preach in the mosque and invite people to God, once visited the great Persian Sufi Abul Continue Reading →

Bayazid, or Abu Yazid, Bistami was a Persian Sufi of the 9th c. CE. For a little more about him, see this post. Bayazid said, “For thirty years I sought Continue Reading →

The Prophet said, “Our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, descends every night to the earthly heaven when the last third of the night remains. saying, ‘Who calls to Me, that I Continue Reading →

For some detail about the 18th c. Hindu mystic and poet Ramprasad Sen, see this post. Tell me, brother, what happens after death?The whole world is arguing about it —Some Continue Reading →