Mira : Unbreakable, O Lord
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 →
hearing the message of spiritual liberty
Flashes of divine light from illuminated souls
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 →
For more about Yunus Emre, the 13th c. CE Sufi and poet of Turkey, see this post. If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me Continue Reading →
For some information on the Buddhist monk and teacher Han Shan Te Ching (1546–1623 CE) see this post. People crave sensory stimulation. They enjoy this kind of external excitement. But Continue Reading →
For some background on the Mughal poet and Sufi known as Bedil Dehlvi, see this post. Why ask me of the differencebetween the Kaaba and the Christian monastery?Enslaved by this Continue Reading →
For some information about the Sufi mystic, poet and martyr Mansur al Hallaj, see this post. Your spirit is mingled with mineas wine is mixed with water;whatever touches you touches Continue Reading →
For some background on the Mughal poet and Sufi known as Bedil Dehlvi, see this post. Choose silence even if it cause you scandalMany breaths have I wastedin vain talk Continue Reading →
For more about the Persian Sufi, mathematician and jurist Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani (1098 – 1131 CE) see this earlier post. Nonexistencewithin existenceis my Rulegetting lostin getting lostmy Religion. Translation Peter Continue Reading →
For some background on the Indian mystic Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. The world is water and the mind, milk. If you pour milk into water, they become one, you Continue Reading →
Mirza Abdul-Qadir Azimabadi (1642-1720 CE) wrote under the pen-name ‘Bedil’ which means the one without a heart, or the one who has surrendered his heart. His family moved to Delhi Continue Reading →