Fiction: City of Stories
By Vidya Rao The streets of some cities, they say, are paved with gold. This city’s streets are paved with stories. Doubtless, they were…
Discover the resources at eLearners
eLearners provides a variety of services to help potential online and distance learners. This is a place to find out about e-Learning and select…
Ready To Drink Every Flame
Rocking and rolling what have you been drinking please let me know you must be drunk going house to house wandering from street to…
The world I do not need..Amir Khusrau
Amir Khusrau I am a pagan (worshiper) of love: the creed (of Muslims) I do not need; Every vein of mine has become (taut…
A personal God?
Found this post on a web-list: The “Creator” (according to a saying of the Prophet) says: “I AM for you, what you think of…
The sad reality of Indo-Pak relations
The inimitable Khalid Hasan writes with veiled frustration: “….the last six decades of India-Pakistan relations have proved the step-by-step approach to be a dismal…
I will inflame the fiery Sun…..Bulleh Shah
In Punjabi followed by a not-so-great translation…. Tooney kaaman kar ke ni maeN peyaara yaar manaavaaN gee Es tooney nu parh phookaaN gee, suraj…
On Buddha, Silence and Impermanence
The celebrated artiste Vidya Rao from Delhi has sent this tender and profound letter after reading my post on destruction of Buddhas in Swat (and the painting that…
Fana – story of a merchant and his parrot
The concept of fana and mystic union is wonderfully expressed by Mevlana Rumi in his Mathnawi and tells the story of a merchant and…
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
My prince will protect me- therefore I trust in God The beloved will prostrate, will lament and cry- Therefore I trust in God. Mohammed…
…inwardly we preceded everyone
If for fruit the gardener Felt no desire or hope Why then would He have planted The root of the tree **** Inwardly then,…
Bulleh Shah and Nukta – In a dot the whole mystery is solved
Nukta is difficult to decipher -My personal interpretation has to do with the nukta of Being – like the letter Alif that is Single…
A stove is better than Bulleh
Main NeevaaN Mera Murshid Uccha Main UcchiyaaN naal sang laayee I am lowly my spiritual guide is lofty! I have tied my fate to…
Bulleh Shah – 3 poems of love and abandon
Bulleh Shah of Kasur in Central Punjab is another towering voice that provided a mystical message beyond caste, institutionalized religion and ideologies of power.…
My painting
This painting was inspired by a dusk view of the Qutub Minar.…
Bulleh Shah on worldly knowledge
PaRh paRh ilm hazaar kitaabaN qaddi apnay aap nou paRhiya naee jaaN jaaN waRhday mandir maseedi qaddi mann apnay wich waRhiya naee aa-vaiN laRda…
My Beloved Ranjha is Mecca
For Bulleh Shah every symbol of living – spiritual and temporal -is Ranjha, the beloved! The text and translation have been contributed by Shahidain…
Bulleh’s virtuous thoughts-
Shahidain has sent these couplets Main NeevaaN Mera Murshid Uccha Main UcchiyaaN naal sang laayee I am lowly my spiritual guide is lofty! I…
Two poems from Spain
A Spanish friend with Sufi leanings, Ignacio de Miguel D’az, has sent two of his poems that are true from his heart and I…