Category: The Jewelled Garden

A field of flowers A Cup of Wine And the Beloved by my side, With such wealth The king is my servant tonight. Do not bring the candle for light Continue Reading →

The rabbi of Kobryn taught: ‘When a man suffers, he ought not to say: “That’s bad!  That’s bad!” Nothing that God imposes on man is bad.  But it is right to Continue Reading →

[A portion of Mahmud Shabistari’s response to the question, ‘What is the meaning of the Christian belt?’  At that time, Christians wore a belt to distinguish themselves from Muslims, and Continue Reading →

From a letter of Khwaja Garib Nawaz to his spiritual successor, Hazrat Qutbuddin Baktiyar Kaki: The chosen and selected of the united. Delving deep in the Divine secret. Lover of Continue Reading →

I get up each morning, intent on escaping this vile self. It says to me, “Come on, old man, what do you want to eat this morning? Come on, get Continue Reading →

If thou hast faith, thou shalt attain to that for which thou longest.  He who has faith has all, and he who lacks faith lacks all. Why talk of sin Continue Reading →

Before he became a dervish, Ibrahim bin Adham was the tremendously wealthy king of Balkh.  One day, while he was seated in the hall of audience, a stranger entered.  Seeing Continue Reading →

Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow. Anger is like a chariot careering wildly, He who curbs his anger Continue Reading →

Brahma-jnana [knowledge of the absolute, non-dual Self] is not a Knowledge to be acquired, so that acquiring it one may obtain happiness. It is one’s ignorant outlook that one should Continue Reading →

The ineffable tale of that final simple state: it’s utterly different. It can’t be weighed on a scale, can’t be whittled down. It doesn’t feel heavy and doesn’t feel light. It Continue Reading →