Category: The Jewelled Garden

For more about the Persian Sufi and poet Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213 – 1289 CE) see this earlier post. A lover sees his beloved’s image in the mirror of his own Continue Reading →

Sri Ramana Maharshi (1895 – 1950 CE) was born in a Brahmin family in Tamil Nadu, and after some spontaneous mystical experiences, eventually moved while still a young man to Continue Reading →

Little is known about Binavi Badakshani, but please see this earlier post. A mystic is onewho passes away — He abides in the essenceof that which is Real. Such a Continue Reading →

Manikkavacakar was a 9th century Tamil poet and devotee of Shiva. He was of a priestly family, but he had shown ability in a military campaign, and the king made Continue Reading →

For more about the influential Persian Sufi and poet Hakim Sanai, see this earlier post. Don’t speak of your suffering — He is speaking.Don’t look for Him everywhere — He’s Continue Reading →

For more about the Persian Sufi and poet Fakhruddin Iraqi (1213 – 1289 CE) see this earlier post. Each image painted        on the canvas of existenceis the form        of the artist himself.Eternal Continue Reading →

The Persian Sufi Abu Yazid Bistami (804 – 874 CE) left no writing and so we have only oral reports of his sayings. For more about him, see this post. Continue Reading →

Hakim Sanai (1080 – 1140? CE) was a court poet in southern Afghanistan until an unusual event turned him toward the spiritual path. He is considered one of the greatest Continue Reading →

This anecdote tells of a vision of Rabia al Adawiyya seen in a dream after she passed on. The dream mentions Munkir and Nakir – these are the fearsome ‘examining’ Continue Reading →