Category: The Jewelled Garden

For some information about Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. Q: Sir, can’t we realize God without complete renunciation? A: (with a laugh) Of course you can! Why should you renounce Continue Reading →

For more about the 17th century Maharashtran poet Tukaram, see this earlier post, and this one. If you treat the opposite sex with reverencewill you pay a price?If you stop Continue Reading →

For more about the 11th c. Persian Sufi and poet Omar Khayyam, see this earlier post. It is God who adorns our soulswith flowers and with wine.He knows from the Continue Reading →

For some background on the 10th c. CE Persian mystic Abul Hassan Kharqani, see this post. The Shaikh was once asked, “What is a Dervish?”The Shaikh replied, “A sea made Continue Reading →

Some information about Sri Ramakrishna may be found here. Q; How ought we to live in the world? Master : Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God. Continue Reading →

Guru Nanak was the founder of the Sikh religion. ‘Hari’ is the Divine that forgives all and removes all darkness. The guru is the stepping stone,The guru is the boat,     the Continue Reading →

Eihei Dogen, also known as Dogen Zenji (1200 – 1253 CE) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet, philosopher and founder of the Soto school of Zen. He first studied with Continue Reading →

For more about Yunus Emre, the 13th c. CE Sufi and poet of Turkey, see this post. Those who became completedidn’t live this life in hypocrisy,didn’t learn the meaning of Continue Reading →

Haude Gosain, said to have been born into a Brahmin family in Bangladesh in 1795, was a follower of the Baul tradition. When the life,The mind,And the eyesAre in agreement,The Continue Reading →

For background on the guru and mystic Sri Ramakrishna, see this post. God can be realized through all paths. It is like your coming to Dakshineswar by carriage, by boat, Continue Reading →