Category: The Jewelled Garden

The following quotation from The Hundred Letters of Sharafuddin Maneri underlines the necessity for the seeker on the spiritual path to be free from the usual motives of gain and Continue Reading →

Muso Soseki (1275 – 1351 CE) was a Japanese Rinzai Buddhist monk, teacher, poet, calligrapher and garden designer. It is difficult to overstate his effect on the development of his Continue Reading →

Here are two poems by the Kashmiri mystic Lalleshwari about the journey every spiritual seeker must endure, and a glimpse of the long-sought arrival.  For more about Lalleshwari’s life and Continue Reading →

Dogen Zenji (1200 – 1253 CE) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, teacher and poet.  His mother is said to have died when he was seven, and around the age of 13 Continue Reading →

Nargis Jessie Dowland (1866-1953) was an English mureed of Hazrat Inayat Khan, and we recently posted here an address given by the Master after an initiation.  In this post we offer Continue Reading →

Although Nadev’s devotional songs are loved and repeated by millions throughout the world, there is very little that we know for certain about his life.  Traditionally, he is said to Continue Reading →

Lalleshwari or Lal Ded (1320–1392 CE) was born near Srinagar in Kashmir, and became a major influence in Kashmiri poetry and mysticism.  According to the custom of the time, she Continue Reading →

We have presented excepts of the wisdom of Shankaracharya before, most recently here, where there is also some information about this mystical reformer of India.  In this poem, he touches Continue Reading →

Milarepa (c. 1052 – c. 1135 CE) is one of Tibet’s most famous poets and yogis.  He is a major figure in the Tibetan Kagyu school of Buddhism. May I Continue Reading →

This poem by Yan Wan-li gives a delicate impression of how our inner states change constantly, like light on water, and of how transient spiritual experience can sometimes be.  For Continue Reading →