Category: The Jewelled Garden

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 →

As mentioned in previous posts, here and here, the hadith are reports of doings and sayings collected from the life of the prophet Mohammed. The Messenger of God said to Continue Reading →

The following is one of the Hadith from the Muslim religion; these ‘traditions’, reporting the words and actions of the Prophet Mohammed, are a valuable form of guidance to the Continue Reading →

In the religion of Islam there exists a large body of ‘accounts’ – words, actions and even moments of silent approval from the Prophet Mohammed, which are called hadith These Continue Reading →

Israel ben Eliezer (ca. 1690-1760 CE) was a Jewish rabbi, mystic and healer, widely known as the ‘Baal Shem Tov’, meaning the ‘Master of the Good Name,’ and is considered Continue Reading →

Shah Niaz (1743-1834 CE) was born in Sirhind, in the Punjab, and moved at an early age to Delhi with his family. He inherited a spiritual orientation from his family, Continue Reading →

Here are two short verses from the revered Kashmiri mystic and poet Nuruddin Rishi. For more about him, see this earlier post. The ego is the knotted wood of the Continue Reading →