Asking Permission (Dutch version)
Toestemming vragen In India houden musici zich vaak aan een heel mooie gewoonte: nadat alle praktische zaken geregeld zijn, zoals het plaatsen van microfoons en kabels en het controleren van Continue Reading →
Hafiz : The Glow of Your Presence
For more about the mystic and poet Khwaja Shamsuddin Muhammed Hafiz of Shiraz, see this post. Where have you taken your sweet song?Come back and play me a tune. I never Continue Reading →
Shams-i-Tabrizi : Don’t blame the mirror (Spanish version)
Shams-i-Tabrizi: No culpes al espejo Este sutil pensamiento sobre el autoconocimiento es tomado del Magalat o Conversaciones de Shams de Tabriz, el catalizador del Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. Ahora, Oh amigo, Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions pt XIX, Eastern training
Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins the final chapter of his ‘Confessions,’ in which he describes the traditional training of the child and of the spiritual seeker in the East. The Continue Reading →
Tales : A miser goes to paradise (Spanish version)
Cuentos: un avaro va al paraíso Una noche un hombre fue despertado por un ángel mientras dormía. “Ven”, dijo el ángel. “Es hora de marchar” “¿Ir a dónde?” preguntó el Continue Reading →
Tales : This retreat has not helped you
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is said to have told the tale, that a certain Pir well acquainted with the Sufi path had a son, let us call him Mohammed, who had Continue Reading →
Why must we ask? (Spanish version)
¿Por qué debemos preguntar? Cuando Jesús predicaba a sus seguidores en una colina de Palestina, los animó a confiar en Dios como su Padre divino. Les recordó que las aves Continue Reading →
Asking permission
In India, musicians often observe a very beautiful custom: after all the practical arrangements have been dealt with, such as the placement of microphones and cables and checking the sound, Continue Reading →
Hadith : Love one another (Spanish version)
Hadiz : Amaos los unos a los otros Se ha reportado que el Mensajero de Alá, que la paz esté con él, dijo: “Por Aquel en Cuya Mano está mi Continue Reading →
Lalleshwari : Wear the robe of wisdom
Lalleshwari or Lal Ded was a 14th c. Kashmiri yogini in the Shaivite tradition. She is deeply loved in Kashmir, both by Hindus and Muslims, and it is said that Continue Reading →