Category: The Jewelled Garden

For more about the Turkish poet and mystic Yunus Emre, see this earlier post. Hear me, dear friends: Love resembles the sun.The heart that feels no love Is nothing more than stone. Continue Reading →

The following brief poem by Sheikh Abu Saeed Abil Khair speaks of the moment of annihilation – meaning not some mythological ending of creation but the destruction every created being Continue Reading →

Shaikh Abu Saeed Abul Khair (967 – 1049 CE) was an influential poet and Sufi mystic of Persia. He was born in the province of Khorasan, and lived most of Continue Reading →

Narrated ‘Abdullah: I visited Allah’s Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever. I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You have a high fever.” He said, “Yes, I have as Continue Reading →

The Guru Granth Sahib is the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, but to the believers it is more than a collection of holy texts; it is considered a living, enduring Continue Reading →

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836 – 1886) was a Hindu mystic and saint from Bengal, considered by many devotees to have been an avatar, or divine incarnation. He experienced spontaneous mystical Continue Reading →

Shih-te (9th c. CE) was a lay Buddhist monk and poet who worked most of his life in the kitchen of the Kuoching Temple. He was one of the “Tantai Continue Reading →

The following Hadith tells of the Prophet Muhammad’s response to the death of a grandchild. His first message to the boy’s mother, on hearing of his serious condition, seems to Continue Reading →

The following short verses are from the early Persian Sufi and poet Shaikh Abu Said Abul Khair (967 – 1049 CE). He is considered by some to have been the Continue Reading →