Category: The Jewelled Garden

Lalleshwari, or Lal Ded, was a 14th c. Kashmiri mystic in the Shaivite tradition. She is still deeply loved by both Muslims and Hindus in that region. ‘Siddhanath’ is a Continue Reading →

The way this anecdote is told suggests that Rabia was ill at the time, and perhaps near the end of her life. For more about Rabia al-Adawiya, see this earlier Continue Reading →

In his recollection of various Sufis of Andalusia, Mohammed Ibn all Arabi pays special tribute to two women of the path. Here is his account of one of them, whom Continue Reading →

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 →