Interesting link::
http://www.bmf.org
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Saturday, April 30, 2005
A Link on Dhammapad:: the wisdom of Buddha:: www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham-hp.htm Pin It Now!
DHAMMAPADA ::: Buddhism appeals both to the masses and to the intelligentsia. It offers milk for the baby and meat for the strong. It presents one way of life to the members of the Holy Order and another to the laity. Above all, It expounds a unique Path of Enlightenment.
All these characteristics are featured in the Dhammapada, one of the 31 books that comprise the Tripitaka, the three baskets which contain the quintessence of the Buddha�s Teachings.
Any truth-seeker, irrespective of his religious beliefs can read this book of wisdom with interest and profit. By constantly reflecting on these golden sayings and by translating them into action in the course of one's daily life, a person can gain spiritual bliss that transcends worldly happiness and can attain to a higher spiritual plane whereby he can purify himself and try to purify and enlighten others both by example and by precept. Pin It Now!
All these characteristics are featured in the Dhammapada, one of the 31 books that comprise the Tripitaka, the three baskets which contain the quintessence of the Buddha�s Teachings.
Any truth-seeker, irrespective of his religious beliefs can read this book of wisdom with interest and profit. By constantly reflecting on these golden sayings and by translating them into action in the course of one's daily life, a person can gain spiritual bliss that transcends worldly happiness and can attain to a higher spiritual plane whereby he can purify himself and try to purify and enlighten others both by example and by precept. Pin It Now!
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
A very interesting site:: Putting a new perspective on Islam, http://www.galaxydastak.com
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Surah 112: Absoluteness (Al-Ikhlaas)
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
112:1 Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.
112:2 "The Absolute GOD.
112:3 "Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten.
112:4 "None equals Him." Pin It Now!
Monday, April 25, 2005
The picture of cosmos as captured by high tech, super powerful telescopes like hubble gives us stunning view of our universe. It reminds true nature of vastness of the universe and our tiny position in all of it. The mind blowing phenomena happenning around the universe declares the Glory of the Creator who creates from Nothing. How pefect He is!!
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This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a "deep" core sample of the universe, cuttinig across billions of light-years.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team
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This image reveals a pair of 0.5-light-year-long interstellar "twisters" in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula, which lies 5,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
Photo: Courtesy of A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA
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MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away, is shown in this photo taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA, R. Sahai, J. Trauger (JPL) and the WFPC2 Science Team
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A picture from the Hubble Space Telescope bears remarkable similarities to the van Gogh work Starry Night.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA
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The Eagle Nebula got its name from the birdlike form that tops this massive pillar of gas and dust, as shown in this Hubble photo. A nursery for stars, the nebula is located 7,000 light-years away and is slowly being eroded by the ultraviolet light thrown off by young but massive stars nearby.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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Long arms of stars and gas swirl around the glowing center of the M51 galaxy in this photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble has taken over 700,000 photos since it was put into orbit around Earth in 1990.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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I wonder what is good for a spiritual journey? is it good to strictly adhere to a particular tradition and only following that or should it be holistic approach where experiences from different tradition can be assimilated in? I prefer the second one. Thats why I find it no diffcult to read Kabbalah, Buddhism, Veda or Upanisad to learn others great spiritual experiences and wisdoms. Since true spirituality has it source to the divine spark of Supreme Soul and it is common to every human soul, so the collective spiritual wisdom is certainly rich. In that regard it doesn't matter what is that person's external religious identity or culture.
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...
I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart
I said no doubt it’s You! It’s You!
You are the One who
encompassed every "where"
so there is no "where", except You are there
"Where" has no "where"
in regards to You
for "where" to know where You are.
in regards to You
for "where" to know where You are.
nor can imagination, imagine You
for imagination to know where You are
Your knowledge encompasses everything
So that everything I see is You
And in my anhilation,
is the anhilation of my anhilatoin
And in my anhilation, I found You.
So that everything I see is You
And in my anhilation,
is the anhilation of my anhilatoin
And in my anhilation, I found You.
...
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Sufi meditation in terms of Naqshbandi Sufi Order:
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http://nurmuhammad.com/
Meditation/Core/
Maincoresufimeditation.htm Pin It Now!
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Meditation/Core/
Maincoresufimeditation.htm Pin It Now!
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Another favorite devotional song by Rabindranath Tagore. The deeper spiritual meaning of the song is quite wonderful. Pin It Now!
Few wonderful music cds based on Sufi Inayat Khan's work
and Hidayat Khan ::
www.garysillmusic.com/WildElements/SOL/catalog.asp Pin It Now!
and Hidayat Khan ::
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Let Thy wish become my desire,
Let Thy will become my deed,
Let Thy word become my speech, Beloved,
And Thy love become my creed.
Let my plant bring forth Thy flowers,
Let my fruits produce Thy seed,
Let my heart become Thy lute, Beloved,
And my body Thy flute of reed.
from the Vadan, or Divine Symphony
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Let Thy will become my deed,
Let Thy word become my speech, Beloved,
And Thy love become my creed.
Let my plant bring forth Thy flowers,
Let my fruits produce Thy seed,
Let my heart become Thy lute, Beloved,
And my body Thy flute of reed.
from the Vadan, or Divine Symphony
by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Prayer of Invocation
Praise be to Thee,
who art hidden and yet manifest,
Praise to Thy glory,
might, power and dominion,
to whom belong all majesty and greatness,
who art the source of all things.
Praise to Thee, King of kings,
ruler of all creation,
who controlleth all things,
and hast power over all things.
Thou who wast from the beginning
and art without end
for ever and for ever,
who art eternal, above all, beyond all.
O God,
Lord and Ruler over angels and mankind.
Amen.
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O Greatest Artist, let me praiser Your praise!!! Surely all praise belongs to You. I know with my limited self I can never touch anything near to your Glory but let me exhaust my limited self to praise Your Absolute Beauty. O Source of Unlimited Beauty, how can my mind comprehend Your Unlimited Beauty? O the Most Beautiful, do not deprive me from seeing Your Glory!! Let me have longing only to your Eternal Beauty. Pin It Now!
The list of Idries Shah's (famous writer on Sufism) books ::
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To know, to get into the truth of anything, is a mystic act...
—Thomas Carlyle, ON HEROES (1841)
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—Thomas Carlyle, ON HEROES (1841)
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Saturday, April 23, 2005
When people attack religion or established faith system, I wonder, is it the problem with the faith or is it with personal wrong behavior of some unaware people? Sometime we define faith only in religious context. But Religious Faith is nothing but another form of creative imagination with spiritual context. Now if we look deep, we can see this creative imagination component is part and parcel of human civilization and development. For example when a scientist envision something, dream about something, at first it is just creative imagination. It is just his belief that something could be done as he thought. So he puts his effort into it and tries time and again. Ultimately it could be successful or could become a failure. But in the heart of it, is faith into something. So before rushing into conclusion that Faith is something very negetive, we better analyze it from other perspective as well. Attacking religion or faith is not the end of the story.
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Friday, April 22, 2005
The soul is first born into the false self, it is blind; in the true self the soul opens its eyes. :: Inayat Khan
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
Our greatest enemy is ourself. All weakness, all ignorance keeps us from the truth of our being, from all the virtues hidden in us and all perfection hidden in our souls. The first self we realize is the false self. Unless the soul is born again it will not see the kingdom of heaven. The soul is born into the false self; it is blind. In the true self the soul opens its eyes. Unless the false self is fought with, the true self cannot be realized...
The lions could not harm Daniel because of the harmony of his will with the universal Will. The lions represent the destructive elements in the human mind. They represent wars, disappointments, rivalries, jealousies, envy, passions, and so forth, in different horrible guises. Our ego is the lion of lions, and if this is conquered, then these external lions — different egos around us — are conquered also, and wherever we go, with anyone, whether foolish or wise, good or bad, we now have peace.
To learn the lesson of how to live is more important than any psychic or occult learning. Everyday we think we have learned the lesson, but if we had the world would have become a heaven for us now.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_5.htm
The work of the spiritual man is to forget his false self and so to realize the true self which is God, and this true self not only in him, but in his neighbor also.
~~~ unpublished "Supplementary Papers, Brotherhood II", by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Man struggles with things that are outside him, and so he gives a chance to the foes who exist in his own being. Therefore the first thing necessary in life is to make peace for the time being with the outside world, in order to prepare for the war which is to be fought within oneself. Once peace is made within, one will gain by that sufficient strength and power to be used through the struggle of life within and without... Life is one long journey, and the further behind we have left our self, the further we have progressed toward the goal. Verily when the false self is lost the true self is discovered.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/III/III_III_1.htm
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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
Our greatest enemy is ourself. All weakness, all ignorance keeps us from the truth of our being, from all the virtues hidden in us and all perfection hidden in our souls. The first self we realize is the false self. Unless the soul is born again it will not see the kingdom of heaven. The soul is born into the false self; it is blind. In the true self the soul opens its eyes. Unless the false self is fought with, the true self cannot be realized...
The lions could not harm Daniel because of the harmony of his will with the universal Will. The lions represent the destructive elements in the human mind. They represent wars, disappointments, rivalries, jealousies, envy, passions, and so forth, in different horrible guises. Our ego is the lion of lions, and if this is conquered, then these external lions — different egos around us — are conquered also, and wherever we go, with anyone, whether foolish or wise, good or bad, we now have peace.
To learn the lesson of how to live is more important than any psychic or occult learning. Everyday we think we have learned the lesson, but if we had the world would have become a heaven for us now.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_5.htm
The work of the spiritual man is to forget his false self and so to realize the true self which is God, and this true self not only in him, but in his neighbor also.
~~~ unpublished "Supplementary Papers, Brotherhood II", by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Man struggles with things that are outside him, and so he gives a chance to the foes who exist in his own being. Therefore the first thing necessary in life is to make peace for the time being with the outside world, in order to prepare for the war which is to be fought within oneself. Once peace is made within, one will gain by that sufficient strength and power to be used through the struggle of life within and without... Life is one long journey, and the further behind we have left our self, the further we have progressed toward the goal. Verily when the false self is lost the true self is discovered.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/III/III_III_1.htm
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Is this our only life or do we reborn again and again. The idea of reborn again until your soul is perfect is something very fascinating and at the same time bind blowing. Is it for real which Hinduism and Buddhism always knew ? Is it something that Judeo-Christian-Islam tradition didn't wanted to tell publicly because people might not value the idea or misinterpret it or simply because it seems irrelevant for our life? Is it then Karma exist for all? I find the whole idea fascinating
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Man is the picture of the reflection of his imagination; he is as large or as small as he thinks himself.
:: Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Wisdom of Quran 051.055
YUSUFALI: But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.
PICKTHAL: And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
SHAKIR: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
................................................................... This verse talks about the duty to remind people about what is good and what is bad. It is a responsibility for all of us to help other in the humanity by helping them minding the morals. It is natural for human beings to forget, and that is why the necessity of reminding people time and time again comes. Pin It Now!
YUSUFALI: But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.
PICKTHAL: And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
SHAKIR: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
................................................................... This verse talks about the duty to remind people about what is good and what is bad. It is a responsibility for all of us to help other in the humanity by helping them minding the morals. It is natural for human beings to forget, and that is why the necessity of reminding people time and time again comes. Pin It Now!
Do Muslims Respect 10 Commandments?
I was listening to Paltalk in a Jewish room. There one claimed that Muslims don't respect 10 Commandments. So I wanted to investigate is it really the case?
First take a look at the 10 Commandments given to Moses (peace be upon him) from Lord::
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Now interestingly all the commandments can be found in Quran as well:
10 Commandments restated in QURAN:
1st commandments:
17:22: Do not associate another deity with God. 47:19: Know therefore that there is no god but God.
2nd Commandments:
6:103: No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions. 14:35: My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and protect me and my children from worshiping idols. 42:11: There is nothing that equals (like) Him.
3rd Commandments:
2:224: Do not use God's name in your oaths as an excuse to prevent you from dealing justly. 73:8: Remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him exclusively. 76:25 Glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.
4th Commandments:
62-9: When the call for the Friday Prayer is made, hasten to the remembrance of God and leave off your business.
5th Commandments:
17:23-24: You shall be kind to your parents. If one or both of them live to their old age in your lifetime, you shall not say to them any word of contempt nor repel them, and you shall address them in kind words. You shall lower to them the wing of humility and pray: "O Lord! Bestow on them Your blessings just as they cherished me when I was a little child.
6th Commandments:
17:33: And do not take any human being's life - that God willed to be sacred - other than in [the pursuit of] justice.
7th Commandments:
17:32: You shall not commit adultery. Surely it is a shameful deed and an evil way.
8th Commandments:
5:38 & 39: The thief, male or female, you shall mark their hands as a punishment for their crime, and to serve as an example from GOD. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.
9th Commandments:
25:72: And (know that the true servants of God are) those who do not bear witness to falsehood.
10th Commandments:
4:32: Do not covet the bounties that God has bestowed more abundantly on some of you than on others.
And since every verse of Quran is from Lord and is must be respected and followed upon, so there is no point saying Muslims don't recognize 10 Commandments. It shows how gross misconception about Islam exists in the world. The paltalk room was based in USA. Pin It Now!Monday, April 11, 2005
A favorite song of mine, a song by Meatloaf:: I'll do anything for love (but I just won't do that)... And i would do anything for love,
i'd run right into hell and back.
I would do anything for love,
i'll never lie to you and thats a fact.
but i'll never forget the way you feel right now,
oh no, no way.
And i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that, ahh, no i won't do that.
And some days, it don't come easy,
and some days it don't come hard,
Some days, it don't come at all,
and these are the days that never end.
And some nights you're breathing fire,
and some nights you're carved in ice,
Some nights you're like nothing i've ever seen before will again.
And maybe i'm crazy,
oh it's crazy and it's true,
I know you can save me, know one else can save me now but you.
As long as the planets are turning,
as long as the stars are burning,
As long as your dreams are coming true,
You better believe it.
That i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that,
no i wont do that.
I would do anything for love,
anything you're been dreaming of,
but i just won't do that,
I would do anything for love,
anything you're been dreaming of,
but i just won't do that.
And some days i pray for silence,
and some days i pray for soul,
some days i just pray to the god of sex and drums and rock 'N roll.
And maybe i'm lonely,
thats all i'm qualified to be,
theres just one,
one and only promise i can keep.
As long as the wheels are turning,
as long as the fires burning,
as long as your prayers are coming true,
you better believe it.
That i would do anything for love,
and you know it's true, and a fact,
i would do anything for love,
and there'll never be no turning back.
But i'll never do it better then i do it with you,
So long, so long,
And i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that,
No no no i won't do that.
Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
I can do that! Oh oh now i can do that!
Will you cater to every fantasy i got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if i get too hot! (HOT)?
Will you take me places i've never known?
Now i can do that, oh, oh now i can do that!
I know and territory, I've been around,
It'll all ture to dust,
and we'll all fall down,
and sooner or later you'll be screwing around,
I won't do that! No i won't do that! Anything for love, but i won't do that.
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i'd run right into hell and back.
I would do anything for love,
i'll never lie to you and thats a fact.
but i'll never forget the way you feel right now,
oh no, no way.
And i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that, ahh, no i won't do that.
And some days, it don't come easy,
and some days it don't come hard,
Some days, it don't come at all,
and these are the days that never end.
And some nights you're breathing fire,
and some nights you're carved in ice,
Some nights you're like nothing i've ever seen before will again.
And maybe i'm crazy,
oh it's crazy and it's true,
I know you can save me, know one else can save me now but you.
As long as the planets are turning,
as long as the stars are burning,
As long as your dreams are coming true,
You better believe it.
That i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that,
no i wont do that.
I would do anything for love,
anything you're been dreaming of,
but i just won't do that,
I would do anything for love,
anything you're been dreaming of,
but i just won't do that.
And some days i pray for silence,
and some days i pray for soul,
some days i just pray to the god of sex and drums and rock 'N roll.
And maybe i'm lonely,
thats all i'm qualified to be,
theres just one,
one and only promise i can keep.
As long as the wheels are turning,
as long as the fires burning,
as long as your prayers are coming true,
you better believe it.
That i would do anything for love,
and you know it's true, and a fact,
i would do anything for love,
and there'll never be no turning back.
But i'll never do it better then i do it with you,
So long, so long,
And i would do anything for love,
oh i would do anything for love,
i would do anything for love,
but i won't do that,
No no no i won't do that.
Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
I can do that! Oh oh now i can do that!
Will you cater to every fantasy i got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if i get too hot! (HOT)?
Will you take me places i've never known?
Now i can do that, oh, oh now i can do that!
I know and territory, I've been around,
It'll all ture to dust,
and we'll all fall down,
and sooner or later you'll be screwing around,
I won't do that! No i won't do that! Anything for love, but i won't do that.
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The whole Gitobitan collection:: click on the "PNG" from the loaded pdf file to get a song.. :: http://www.iopb.res.in/~somen/gb_sc_puro.pdf
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A beautiful baul song of the movie “The Clay Bird” / “Matir Moina”
(Here a lady and a baul argues about the orthodox religious view and that of the mystics. The lady pooints out non-accepted ways of the mystics, and the baul answers back in the song)
If you wish to go to heaven
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
I'm just your daughter’s age
I'll assume the side of sharia
To take an anti-Sufi stance
Don't take what I say to heart
You ignore the Holy Scriptures
What kind of Muslims are you?
Why are the mullahs
Always angry with you?
You need wisdom to grasp the Koran
How can half-read mullahs interpret intricate scriptures?
Without knowing the text they preach to others
The dogmatic mullahs make a living from deception.
We don't lust for heaven, We have no fear of hell.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
You sufis chant Allah’s name ignoring creed and prayer. You smoke pot during Ramadan
With the excuse of meditation.
You don't go on pilgrimage
You don't give charity
What you have against ritual sacrifice?
Why should Muslims quaver at the sight of blood?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
You are asked to sacrifice your dearest ones
Are cows and goats your most beloved?
Nothing is dearer than yourself
The supreme sacrifice is self sacrifice.
If you can restrain your senses and control your passions, Keep love within your heart .
You roam around with women without wedding them. You dance and sing together without shame.
The outside world is for men
The women's place is at home
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
Woman is the seed of life,
Source of creation.
Those who believe in inequality lock women into marriage.
Woman is the vessel of love, the Mother
Without her we wouldn't come to earth
You need both man and woman for procreation and creation
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart. Pin It Now!
(Here a lady and a baul argues about the orthodox religious view and that of the mystics. The lady pooints out non-accepted ways of the mystics, and the baul answers back in the song)
If you wish to go to heaven
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
I'm just your daughter’s age
I'll assume the side of sharia
To take an anti-Sufi stance
Don't take what I say to heart
You ignore the Holy Scriptures
What kind of Muslims are you?
Why are the mullahs
Always angry with you?
You need wisdom to grasp the Koran
How can half-read mullahs interpret intricate scriptures?
Without knowing the text they preach to others
The dogmatic mullahs make a living from deception.
We don't lust for heaven, We have no fear of hell.
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart.
You sufis chant Allah’s name ignoring creed and prayer. You smoke pot during Ramadan
With the excuse of meditation.
You don't go on pilgrimage
You don't give charity
What you have against ritual sacrifice?
Why should Muslims quaver at the sight of blood?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
You are asked to sacrifice your dearest ones
Are cows and goats your most beloved?
Nothing is dearer than yourself
The supreme sacrifice is self sacrifice.
If you can restrain your senses and control your passions, Keep love within your heart .
You roam around with women without wedding them. You dance and sing together without shame.
The outside world is for men
The women's place is at home
Keep fear of Allah in your heart.
Woman is the seed of life,
Source of creation.
Those who believe in inequality lock women into marriage.
Woman is the vessel of love, the Mother
Without her we wouldn't come to earth
You need both man and woman for procreation and creation
If you want to be close to Allah
keep love within your heart. Pin It Now!
THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF MAN by Sri Aurobindo ... www.uazone.org/naph/Aurobindo/tfeomsa.html
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True religion is spiritual religion, it is a seeking after God, the opening of the deepest life of the soul to the indwelling Godhead, the eternal Omnipresence. Dogmas, cults, moral codes are aids and props; they may be offered to man but not imposed on him. - Sir Aurobindo
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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. - Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) Pin It Now!
Shams ad-Din at-Tabriz
a.k.a. Shams of Tabriz
Shams asked, "Who is greater, Muhammad or Bestami?"
Rumi replied cautiously, "Muhammad."
"But Bestami said 'I am the Glory!' Muhammad said, 'I cannot praise You enough!'"
Rumi fainted under the force of the question from the strange dervish. When he recovered, he uttered, "Bestami had a glimpse of knowledge and took it for the totality. But for Muhammad the divine glory was continually unfolding."
And Shams knew he had found his worthy disciple.
Shams ad-Din at-Tabriz (? - 1247). Shams (an Arabic name meaning "The Sun") was a mysterious spiritual master who met Mevlâna Rumi and became his guide towards final enlightenment. Prior to this encounter Rumi had been an eminent professor of religion and a highly attained mystic; after this he became Persia's greatest inspired poet and lover of humanity.
Shams disappeared under mysterious circumstances, most probably murdered by people who resented his influence over Rumi. Pin It Now!
a.k.a. Shams of Tabriz
Shams asked, "Who is greater, Muhammad or Bestami?"
Rumi replied cautiously, "Muhammad."
"But Bestami said 'I am the Glory!' Muhammad said, 'I cannot praise You enough!'"
Rumi fainted under the force of the question from the strange dervish. When he recovered, he uttered, "Bestami had a glimpse of knowledge and took it for the totality. But for Muhammad the divine glory was continually unfolding."
And Shams knew he had found his worthy disciple.
Shams ad-Din at-Tabriz (? - 1247). Shams (an Arabic name meaning "The Sun") was a mysterious spiritual master who met Mevlâna Rumi
Shams disappeared under mysterious circumstances, most probably murdered by people who resented his influence over Rumi. Pin It Now!
The freedom from all duality, good and bad, right or wrong, is the most sublime freedom.
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The Bird
Translation of the Song, THE BIRD::
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage.
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
Rainbow colored birds
Circle freely in the sky,
Their brilliant splendor
A rapture for the eye.
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage.
The bird pines with longing,
It years for spread its wings.
It wants to join the joyful birds
Leaving its fleeting home.
The clay bird laments:
"Why did you infuse
my heart with longing,
If you didn't give my wings
the strength to fly?"
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage. Pin It Now!
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage.
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
Rainbow colored birds
Circle freely in the sky,
Their brilliant splendor
A rapture for the eye.
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage.
The bird pines with longing,
It years for spread its wings.
It wants to join the joyful birds
Leaving its fleeting home.
The clay bird laments:
"Why did you infuse
my heart with longing,
If you didn't give my wings
the strength to fly?"
Its feet bounded by worldly chains,
It tries to fly but fails.
The bird's trapped, in the body's cage. Pin It Now!
A baul (mystic ascetic people of subcontinent) song of Bangladesh where the humna soul is compared with a bird who is entrapped in a cage (body) and whose legs are bonded with earthly matters. The song is featured in the movie, Matir Moyna (Clay Bird) by Tareq Masud. Pin It Now!
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Friday, April 08, 2005
To listen to wonderful music of Ustad Sultan Khan's Sarangi, Go to http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/5/m/artist.288/ Pin It Now!
Good theosophy Links send by Friend Wee Kwang...
wee kwangwrote:
hi sadiq! how's things? have you read the stuff from theosophy? i think they will interest you a lot. they really helped me to put everything i learnt from the different spiritual traditions into a very coherent whole, and gave me a much clearer understanding on the more metaphysical and esoteric aspects.
online thesophy books http://www.anandgholap.net/index.html
the singapore theosophical lodge has an excellent library, and a very good basic theosophy course. http://www.singaporelodge.org
the later development of theosophy, which is really a bridge to new age spirituality. http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/index.html
blessings,
wee kwang. Pin It Now!
wee kwang
hi sadiq! how's things? have you read the stuff from theosophy? i think they will interest you a lot. they really helped me to put everything i learnt from the different spiritual traditions into a very coherent whole, and gave me a much clearer understanding on the more metaphysical and esoteric aspects.
online thesophy books http://www.anandgholap.net/index.html
the singapore theosophical lodge has an excellent library, and a very good basic theosophy course. http://www.singaporelodge.org
blessings,
wee kwang. Pin It Now!
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Love does not consist in gazing at each other... but in looking outward together in the same direction :: Antonie de Saint Exupery
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As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.
Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
When the spark that is to be found in every heart, the spark that may be called the divine spark in man, is blown upon and the flame arises, the whole life becomes illuminated and man hears and sees and knows, and he understands. A Sufi poet says that every leaf of the tree becomes like a page of the sacred book, when the heart is open to read it and when the soul has opened its eyes.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_21.htm
No one can know anybody, however much he may profess to know, except the lover, because in the absence of love the inner eyes are blind. Only the outer eyes are open, which are merely the spectacles of the inner eyes. If the sight is not keen, of what use are the spectacles? It is for this reason that we admire all those whom we love, and are blind to the good qualities of those whom we do not love. It is not always that these deserve our neglect, but our eyes, without love, cannot see their goodness. Those whom we love may have bad points too, but as love sees beauty, so we see that alone in them. Intelligence itself in its next step towards manifestation is love. When the light of love has been lit, the heart becomes transparent, so that the intelligence of the soul can see through it. But until the heart is kindled by the flame of love, the intelligence, which is constantly yearning to experience life on the surface, is groping in the dark.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/V/V_19.htm
Everything becomes spiritual once this door of the chamber of the heart is open. If a man is a musician, then his music is celestial. If he is a poet, then his poetry is spiritual. If he is an artist, then his art is a spiritual work. Whatever he may do in life that divine spirit manifests. He need not be a religious person, he need not be a philosopher, he need not be a mystic. It is simply that what was hidden in him and thereby was keeping his life incomplete begins to manifest to view, and that makes his life perfect.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_22.htm
There is only one thing in the world that shows the sign of heaven, that gives the proof of God, and that is pure, unselfish love. For, all the noble qualities which are hidden in the soul will spring forth and blossom when love helps them and nurtures them. Man may have a great deal of good in him and he may be very intelligent; but as long as his heart is closed, he cannot show that nobleness, that goodness which is hidden in his heart. The psychology of the heart is such that once one begins to know it, one realizes that life is a continual phenomenon. Then every moment of life becomes a miracle. A searchlight is thrown upon human nature and all things become so clear that one does not ask for any greater phenomenon or miracle; it is a miracle in and of itself. What one calls telepathy, thought reading, or clairvoyance, and all such things, come by themselves when the heart is open...
What keeps man from developing the heart quality? His exacting attitude. He wants to make a business of love. He says, 'If you will love me, I will love you.' As soon as a man measures and weighs his favors and his services and all that he does for one whom he loves, he ceases to know what love is. Love sees the beloved and nothing else.
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Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
When the spark that is to be found in every heart, the spark that may be called the divine spark in man, is blown upon and the flame arises, the whole life becomes illuminated and man hears and sees and knows, and he understands. A Sufi poet says that every leaf of the tree becomes like a page of the sacred book, when the heart is open to read it and when the soul has opened its eyes.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_21.htm
No one can know anybody, however much he may profess to know, except the lover, because in the absence of love the inner eyes are blind. Only the outer eyes are open, which are merely the spectacles of the inner eyes. If the sight is not keen, of what use are the spectacles? It is for this reason that we admire all those whom we love, and are blind to the good qualities of those whom we do not love. It is not always that these deserve our neglect, but our eyes, without love, cannot see their goodness. Those whom we love may have bad points too, but as love sees beauty, so we see that alone in them. Intelligence itself in its next step towards manifestation is love. When the light of love has been lit, the heart becomes transparent, so that the intelligence of the soul can see through it. But until the heart is kindled by the flame of love, the intelligence, which is constantly yearning to experience life on the surface, is groping in the dark.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/V/V_19.htm
Everything becomes spiritual once this door of the chamber of the heart is open. If a man is a musician, then his music is celestial. If he is a poet, then his poetry is spiritual. If he is an artist, then his art is a spiritual work. Whatever he may do in life that divine spirit manifests. He need not be a religious person, he need not be a philosopher, he need not be a mystic. It is simply that what was hidden in him and thereby was keeping his life incomplete begins to manifest to view, and that makes his life perfect.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VI/VI_22.htm
There is only one thing in the world that shows the sign of heaven, that gives the proof of God, and that is pure, unselfish love. For, all the noble qualities which are hidden in the soul will spring forth and blossom when love helps them and nurtures them. Man may have a great deal of good in him and he may be very intelligent; but as long as his heart is closed, he cannot show that nobleness, that goodness which is hidden in his heart. The psychology of the heart is such that once one begins to know it, one realizes that life is a continual phenomenon. Then every moment of life becomes a miracle. A searchlight is thrown upon human nature and all things become so clear that one does not ask for any greater phenomenon or miracle; it is a miracle in and of itself. What one calls telepathy, thought reading, or clairvoyance, and all such things, come by themselves when the heart is open...
What keeps man from developing the heart quality? His exacting attitude. He wants to make a business of love. He says, 'If you will love me, I will love you.' As soon as a man measures and weighs his favors and his services and all that he does for one whom he loves, he ceases to know what love is. Love sees the beloved and nothing else.
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A truly inspirational website by Wahiduddin (Richard Shelquist). A very rich place for Sufi resources and other mystical inspiration. This website has good collection of Inspirational works from other religious tradition like Vedanta, Buddhism, Christianity etc. One of my most favorite website. visit: www.wahiduddin.net Pin It Now!
Hadith Database webpage maintained by University of Southern California. Visit www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html Pin It Now!
A nice place to hear Indian Classical Music. Vocal, Instrumental and many more. Even Bangla Music as well. Visit:: www.musicindiaonline.com Pin It Now!
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