Category: The Jewelled Garden

Yuan Mei (1716–1797 CE) was a Chinese painter and poet from a cultured family. He served in various official posts, but eventually returned to his village to devote himself to Continue Reading →

The monumentally influential mystic Muhammed Ibn al Arabi (1165 – 1240 CE), known to Sufis as ‘the greatest Shaikh’, was born in Murcia, in south-eastern Spain, of an ancient Arabic Continue Reading →

For more about the tenth century Eastern Orthodox mystic and priest Symeon the New Theologian, see this earlier post. What is this awesome mysterythat is taking place within me?I can Continue Reading →

This poem, which is recorded in the Sikh scripture the Adi Granth Sahib, among other images makes reference to a tale about a serpent and a rope. The story is Continue Reading →

The Eastern Orthodox mystic Symeon the New Theologian (949 – 1032 CE) was born into a wealthy family in what is now Turkey, and was destined for a life in Continue Reading →

This is taken from the seminal work The Walled Garden of Truth. For more about the influential Persian Sufi Hakim Sanai, please see this earlier post. Not one knows how Continue Reading →

For more about this Tamil poet and mystic, see this post. He is not Hari, He is not the Lord Shiva.He is the Ultimate Cause,In the Beyond of the Beyond,Transcending Continue Reading →

For more about the 13th century Soto Zen patriarch Dogen Zenji, see this earlier post. There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are Continue Reading →

For more about this Jewish poet of Andalusia, see this earlier post. Sent down from a luminous fountain of life,     drawn from a sacred place, and pure,created as one, though not Continue Reading →

Samuel Ha Nagid (993 – 1056 CE), also known as Samuel Ibn Nagrilla, was the leader (the ‘Nagid’) of the Jewish community in Granada when Al-Andalus was at its cultural Continue Reading →