Category: The Jewelled Garden

Joy is brief. Sorrow and grief are endless. The mind’s an elephant, mad, amnesiac. Air and fire burn as one, just as when the moth, its eye enchanted by light, flies Continue Reading →

The end of this place of possibilities Is not that much! Offer a cup of Wine, The world, its rules, its toys Are not that much! Honour, life, and heart Continue Reading →

O God, O You who are the all-englobing Encompasser, who cannot be prevented from effusing gifts! O You whose treasuries are never exhausted, and whose generosity and support to the Continue Reading →

A brother once came to abbot Macarius and said to him, “Master, speak some word of exhortation to me, that, obeying it, I may be saved.” Macarius answered him, “Go Continue Reading →

Arise and watch. Follow the way joyfully Through this world and beyond. Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully Through this world and on beyond! For consider the Continue Reading →

Get rid of duality, there is no confusion.  He is both Turk and Hindu,* there is no one else. Call everybody a holy man, there is no thief. He is Continue Reading →

Hymn to Hari* I praise with devotion the All-pervading, Who Himself without origin is the origin of the universe, in whom this wheel of samsara** revolves in this wise, and realising Continue Reading →

Remember God and practice austerities. When your appetite for food is lost, you will become graceful. Your greed and anger will die and hate and pride will not last. Performing Continue Reading →

The perfect way knows no difficulties Except that it refuses to make preferences; Only when freed from hate and love It reveals itself fully and without disguise; A tenth of Continue Reading →

[Confucius said:] ” …Ai Tai To said nothing and was trusted.  He achieved nothing and was loved. So someone offered him the government, and was only afraid that he would Continue Reading →