Replacing Toxic Religion With Compassionate Spirituality - Freeing Captive Souls - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast

 

Replacing Toxic Religion With Compassionate Spirituality - Freeing Captive Souls

Jesus and the Unwashed Disciples Crash the Temple: A Delightful Story from the Unknown Greek Gospel of Oxyrhynchus 840 on the Egalitarian Spirituality of Jesus

Sant Tulsi Sahib comes to the aid of a a Sudra (member of the "untouchable" caste) -- Brahman-Pharisee Parallels -- Another Example of Imagined Ritual vs. Real Spiritual Purity

The Egalitarianism of Jesus, Tulsi Sahib, Baba Devi Sahab, and the Love Chapter of Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram

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Meet a #Vegan #Rumi, the Sufi Poet-Mystic, by James Bean

Meet a #Vegan #Rumi, the Sufi Poet-Mystic, by James Bean

Meat consumption (carnism), being part of an oppressive system of denial and cruelty, in the area of mainstream institutional religions relies heavily on ignorance, outdated Sunday school notions and avoidance of lesser-known sacred texts to maintain the illusion of meat-eating Messiahs, Buddhas and spiritual Masters. 

We see this all the time. With Christianity for instance, so many are biblical mythicists and skeptical textual critics of the New Testament cept when it comes to dem loaves with fishes! A couple of references to loaves and fishes with the young disciples of Jesus are elevated into some imagined everlasting Apostolic Fish Company of Galilee whilst ignoring most of the Gospels and literature of the Hebrew Christians (Ebionites) about the various apostles -- who they became -- and the diet they came to follow as part of the ethics of the spiritual path they adopted. 

An assumption of Rumi and other major Sufi poets being halal has also been used to provide cover for carnism. The notion put forth goes something like this: "If Rumi was an advanced mystic or Master and he ate meat, then what's the big deal then?" But what if the assumption that Sufi poets like Rumi must have followed a halal diet is another one of those carnistic false assumptions promoted by later pro-halal religious sects in the same way pro-meat Roman Christianity had it's fish symbol, canonized gospels popular with the school of the Apostle Paul while marginalizing the other apostles and banning Ebionite gospels, labeling them as "heretical"? (*1)

See my article: Evidence That Jesus and The Original Aramaic Christians Were Vegetarians: “James was a vegetarian….” (Robert Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus) “James, the brother of the Lord, lived on seeds and plants and touched neither meat nor wine.” (Epistulae ad Faustum XXII, 3) “John never ate meat.” (Church historian Hegesippus according to Eusebius, History of the Church II 2:3) “The Apostle Matthew partook of seeds, and nuts, hard-shelled fruits, and vegetables, without flesh.” (Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor, Book 2, Chapter 1) Peter said, “I live on olives and bread, to which I rarely only add vegetables.” (Clementine Homilies 12,6; also see, Recognitions 7,6): https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/b8784ac42506

There Have Been Many Pro-Veg Spiritual Movements in Mesopotamia and Persia Including Sufis

The following is excerpted from a New Delhi Times article on the vegetarianism of Rumi -- actually vegan -- as you'll see from the passages they quote from Rumi ("shunned even milk and milk products").

"At the age of 12, Rumi, born in a Muslim meat-eating world, wrote this quatrain and became a vegetarian till he died.

"‘Shadeed-az-kwa nee ast munazin/Ya rafeer ul-qist amnazeer/Choon ke ast shadaaz raftam ke azdaan/Wahen ul-khirama, za dizt’un bu’azir’? (I have existence and I value it so much/So have all the beings on earth and they too, try to preserve it/Then, how can I kill even the tiniest creature/Just to satiate my palate?).'

"Rumi believed that all lives were sacred: 'Taa’shif nifaak b’astz sang (Even a seemingly lifeless stone has a degree of consciousness; respect it).' Rumi was a staunch vegetarian and shunned even milk and milk products ('Sheer mun-haraam nuzt: To me, even milk is forbidden'). He even refrained from sacrificing animals as an Islamic ritual on Eid-Al-Adah (Bakrid).

"Rumi says in Turkish, ‘Ye’k dez charinda-ul-insaan rish’h’aaz (Look at all animals as you look at humans'). This is of paramount importance. This creates sensitivity that further blossoms into universal empathy. The sanctity of every life is to be saved and preserved: ‘Kahin nish shudam el-fazeer-un-nisaar.’

"Rumi  writes that what we eat, directly influences our thinking. If we consume an animal, its blood and gore will make us act like a slaughterer: ‘Un qasaab, gosht-e-zakaaf’. (*2)

“'We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten our former states, except in early Spring when we slightly recall being green again'” -- Rumi, Selected Poems, Penguin UK

"When Rumi died his body was interred and a shrine, the Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb), was erected over his place of burial. His epitaph reads:

"'When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.'" (*3)

Read the full article here:

https://www.newdelhitimes.com/what-the-great-sufi-mystic-rumi-wrote-on-vegetarianism

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*Notes: 

(*1) The orthodox religions of the world have always had a great way to rig the curriculum and manipulate history (practice revisionist history). They suppress the evidence, ban/burn books and even whole libraries (Ebionite gospels, vegetarian verses, gnostic mystical texts, etc...) and then they shout: "Hey! Where's the evidence?"

(*2) When I saw those veg Rumi verses, I thought, at last! This is going to become a blog, and this is going to become a podcast.

(*3) Are there Sufi Orders following the halal diet these days? Yes. Most of them are halal except for the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen group. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen taught vegetarianism. There likely must be a few other veg Sufi Orders too, but probably only a small number of them. Rumi was veg, and the Sufi Order he founded might have began that way, but as we've seen with other religious movements of the past, gradually over time as the masses join a group swelling it's ranks, the dietary customs they bring with them will take over and dominate, in this case the halal diet of the Muslim majority. 

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Sant Mat Radhasoami Books — The E Library: Main Page — Portal—Contents — Index — Sections

WELCOME to the Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library, with many large collections of links to Sant Mat, Radhasoami (Radha-Swami), and Surat Shabd Yoga E Books from a diversity of sources, also, Audio Books.

These have been uploaded by various individuals over the years at Google Books or Documents, Archive.org, Gutenberg.org, many Sant Mat and Radhasoami Websites, Kabir Panth Websites, Sikh Websites, Scribd, and other third-party online libraries around the world — creating a kind of Sant Mat “Granth” or collection of spiritual discourses, satsang talks, hymns (bhajans, banis, shabds), scriptures, commentary, letters, mystic poetry and prose — Literature of the Sants — The Mystics of the East.

The research that has gone into this E Library is intended to provide online resources from a non-commercial, inter-faith, non-sectarian perspective exploring the Sant tradition of India, with its many guru-lineages or branches, Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Love and Devotion (Bhakti), The Way of the Saints or Path of the Masters.

Note: Also, further below, are sections devoted to comparative religion/mysticism, Sayings of Jesus, Ebionite or Hebrew Gospels, Gnostic Gospels, Syriac and other Christian Mystical literature, Rumi and other Sufi Mystics, and there is also a Vegetarian/Vegan Section. At the bottom are two LINKS PAGES: one devoted to Sant Mat; the other to Inter-Faith Studies and Comparative Religion.

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CONTENTS: Site Map of This Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library— Various Collections of E Books

(1) An Introduction to Sant Mat and Radhasoami (Radha Soami -- Pronounced "Radha-Swami") -- The Path of the Masters -- India's Sants and Poet-Mystics (Lovers of the Beloved), and Surat Shabd Yoga Meditation Practice: Bhakti (Love) of the Inner Light and Sound of God: https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com/sant-mat

 

 

 Also See: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/introduction-to-sant-mat-and-radhasoami.html

(2) List of Recommended Reading: Spiritual Books: Kabir, Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga -- Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Mystic Poetry and Prose of the Sants -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Recommended Reading Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/top-twenty-list-of-recommended-reading.html

(3) Recent Publications Related to Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras, Baba Devi Sahib of Moradabad, Maharshi Mehi Paramhans, Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj, and Their Successors up to the Living Present -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Tulsi Sahibi and Maharshi Mehi Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-e-library-maharshi-mehi-sant.html

(4) Guru Lineage Charts of Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga (Inner Light and Sound Meditation), Guru Kabir, the Dharamdasis of Kabir Panth, Dadu Panth, Dariya Sahib, the Ten Sikh Gurus, Param Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras and Successors, Radhasoami Faith, the House of Kirpal, and Maharshi Mehi -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Guru Lineage Charts Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/guru-lineage-charts-of-radhasoami-sant.html

(5) Charts of the Heavens -- Inner Regions -- Planes -- Levels - Various Illustrations of the Spheres of Creation According to Sant Mat -- NOTE: At the bottom of the page are two Gnostic Charts of the Heavens (created by Zeke Li) as well as, The Threefold Nature of Man Chart (Christian Mysticism) -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Charts of the Heavens Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/charts-of-heavens-sant-mat-and-gnostic.html

(6) Kirpal Singh Books -- And E Books Relating to the Teachings of Sant Kirpal Singh, Ruhani Satsang and Sant Bani Publications -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Kirpal Singh Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/kirpal-singh-books-sant-mat-radhasoami.html

(7) RADHASOAMI BOOKS, E Books, E Library on the Radhasoami Faith (Radha Soami, Radhaswami) -- A special thanks goes out to the Digital Library of India, Archive.org, the Library of the Radhasoami Faith, prolific writers & translators such as S. D. Maheshwari, and to all those who have uploaded Radhasoami books in recent years representing the various branches of Radhasoami, sharing all these important historic documents and spiritual classics of the Path of the Masters, especially the writings of the founding Gurus such as Seth Shiv Dayal Singh (Soamiji Maharaj) and Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram Bahadur. This section of the Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library is intended to be as thorough and complete as possible, bringing together a collection of what's available for Radhasoami classics and related documents regarding the history of Seth Shiv Dayal Singh and the Radhasoami movement. -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books -- The E Library: Radhasoami Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/radhasoami-books-e-books-e-library-on.html

(8) Julian P. Johnson, Path of the Masters, and Other Johnson-related Publications -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Julian Johnson/Path of the Masters Section: 

https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/path-of-masters-sant-mat-radhasoami.html

(9) Sant Mat History — Reflections: Books, Articles, and Blogs -- Reflections On Sant Mat History, Origins of the Path, The Five Names, Various Guru Lineages — Traditional Sant Mat From An Indian Perspective -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: History Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-history-reflections-sant-mat.html

(10)  Sikh Scriptures: Guru Nanak, Sikh Gurus, Adi Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth -- Online E Books Relating to Guru Nanak, The Ten Sikh Gurus, Guru Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth, Bhai Sahib Bhai Nand Lal's Kalaam-e-Goya, and Other Texts -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Sikh Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sikh-scriptures-sant-mat-radhasoami.html

(11) Kabir, Kabir Panth: The Bijak, Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love), Kabir Sagar, Sakhis, Songs of Kabir, Songs of Kabir in the Adi Granth, Many More Online E Books Relating to Guru Kabir -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Kabir Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/kabir-and-kabir-panth-bijak-anurag.html

(12)  Anurag Sagar Studies Page, where you can read the Anurag Sagar online -- Guru Kabir's "Ocean of Love", one of many sacred texts composed and used by the Dharamdasi branch of Kabir Panth and Sant Mat, the Sant Dharam Das line of Masters. The Anurag Sagar is a volume of the "Kabir Sagar" Series ("Ocean of Kabir"), a collection of several Hindi-language volumes devoted to the teachings of Guru Kabir and Sant Dharam Das. -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Anurag Sagar Section: https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com/anurag-sagar

(13) The Classic Nirguna Bhakti Sants of India -- Online E Books Relating to the Devotees of the Formless God (Jayadeva, Namdev, Dadu Dayal, Ravidas, Mirabai, Tukarama, Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar, etc...) -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Classic Sants Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/the-classic-nirguna-bhakti-sants-sant.html

(14) Gnostic Gospels, Contemplative or Mystical Christianity, Syriac Mystics, Mandaean, Manichaean, Apocrypha, Nag Hammadi Library, Pistis Sophia, Jesus Sutras, Lost Books of the Bible and Spirituality of the West -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Gnostic or Western Mysticism Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/gnostic-gospels-contemplative-or.html

(15) Sayings of Jesus (Yeshua), Ebionite (Nasoraean, Jewish or Hebrew Christian) Scriptures and Vegetarian Gospels -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Ebionite/Hebrew Christianity Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/ebionite-nasoraean-jewish-or-hebrew.html

(16) Vegan and Vegetarian Ahimsa: Non-Violence in Thought, Word, and Deed, Including in the Area of Diet -- E Books, Blogs, Websites, and Videos on the Wisdom of Following a Non-violent Vegetarian or Vegan Diet -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Vegan and Vegetarian Ahimsa Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/vegan-and-vegetarian-ahimsa-non_8.html

(17) Sikh And You Will Find: The Vegetarian Diet, Sikh Gurus and Scriptures, A Collection of Passages from the Adi Granth (Guru Granth, Shri Guru Granth Sahib), Mohsin Fani's, Dabistan-e-Mazahib, Sudharam Marag Granth, and the Proclamation or Hukamnama to the Sikhs of Jaunpur by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Sikh Vegetarian Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sikh-and-you-will-find-vegetarian-diet.html

(18) Rumi — Sufi Books -- E Books of Rabia, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hafiz, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Rumi, etc...  -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Rumi/Sufism Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/rumisufi-books-e-books-of-rabia-hazrat.html

(19) LINKS: SANT MAT LINKS PAGE: Huge Collection of Websites: Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga, Kabir, Adi Granth, Path of the Masters, Inner Light and Sound  Meditation: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Wordpress.com/2013/09/18/sant-mat-radhasoami-links-page-sant-mat-radhasoami-surat-shabd-yoga-kabir-and-the-bhakti-sants-of-india-the-path-of-the-masters-and-mystics-of-inner-light-and-sound

(20) LINKS PAGE: Spiritual Awakening Inter-Faith Links Page of World Religions and Sacred Texts, Lost Books of the Bible, World Scriptures, Spiritual Classics, East and West, Online Books, Inter-Faith Libraries, and Websites Around the World: from Apocrypha to Zoroaster: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Wordpress.com/2013/09/18/spiritual-awakening-inter-faith-links-page-of-world-religions-and-sacred-texts-east-and-west-from-apocrypha-to-zoroaster

Rumi — Sufi Books E Books of Rabia, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hafiz, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, and Rumi

Link BACK to the MAIN PAGE of the E-Library: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-radhasoami-books-main-page-e.html

Fakhruddin 'Iraqi's Divine Flashes - One of the Greatest of Sufi Spiritual Classics:

https://archive.org/details/divine-flashes/mode/2up

Me and Rumi - The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi: "Me and Rumi represents a true milestone in the study of this enigmatic figure. It makes available for the first time in any European language first-hand accounts of Shams that have never been studied by Western scholars."

https://archive.org/details/MeAndRumi/Me%20and%20Rumi

 

Shams: Enlightened by the Sun: "This work serves as a reference book for topics of interest on Revered Shams al-Tabriz, compiling the papers presented at the 2009 'Enlightened by the Sun: International Shams al-Tabriz Symposium. The participants of the symposium included valuable academicians and researchers from around the globe..."

https://archive.org/details/MeAndRumi/Shams%20Enlightened%20by%20the%20Sun

Dara Shikoh

This is fascinating to know that shabd yoga was widely known in Agra two centuries before Shiv Dayal Singh, since Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Shah Jahan (who built the Taj Mahal) was an avid practitioner of listening to the inner sound and wrote a very fine treatise on the subject, as he was initiated into the practice by Mullah Shah in Srinagar. "Compass Of Truth": 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wAeAWeFeL99hYQYWoy7sKOTEGZ-YQPNS/view

Dara Shikoh's, “The Mingling of the Two Oceans” (Majma'-ul-Bahrai): 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EVDc26AoJ2ybL-mHLu6pEI9SHgjQ2Iwj/view

The Mughal Library: 

https://sites.google.com/view/themughallibrary/home

Also see: Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal, by Scott Kugle:  

https://www.amazon.com/Sufi-Meditation-Contemplation-Timeless-Wisdom/dp/0930872908/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&qid=1595136245&refinements=p_27%3AScott+Kugle&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Scott+Kugle

The Odes of Sadi:

https://archive.org/details/odesofsheikhsadishirazi/page/n9/mode/2up

Key to Salvation by Ibn ATA Allah as translated by Many Ann Danner:

 https://archive.org/details/TheKeyToSalvation.ASufiManualOfInvocationByIbnAtaIskandari/page/n1/mode/2up

Selections from the Mystic Poetry of Lalla of Kashmir: 

https://santmatradhasoami.blogspot.com/2023/05/selections-from-mystic-poetry-of-lalla.html

Physicians of the Heart: A Sufi View of the Ninety-Nine Names of Allah: 

https://archive.org/details/PhysiciansOfTheHeart.ViewOfTheNinetyNineNamesOfAllah/mode/2up

Faisal Muqaddam Shabda Kahn

https://archive.org/details/PhysiciansOfTheHeart.ViewOfTheNinetyNineNamesOfAllah/mode/2up?view=theater

Veg Saying of Jesus from Islam: Christ said, “Flesh eating flesh? How offensive an act!” - The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, by Tarif Khalidi: 

https://archive.org/details/the-muslim-jesus-sayings-and-stories-in-islamic-literature-collected-edited-and-/mode/2up

The saying above reminds me of The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 112: Soul should be independent of flesh: Jesus said, “Woe to the flesh that depends upon a soul. Woe to the soul that depends upon flesh.” (The Gnostic Scriptures, Bentley Layton, David Brakke)

Vegetarianism in Islam: 

https://medium.com/lifelong-benefits-of-a-plant-based-diet/vegetarianism-in-islam-5bb0a5dfe08f

Veganism in Islam: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/QsbyCgrZ6uY?si=DYVzqpG3Dw1veDfb

The Vegan Muslim Initiative: 

https://veganmuslims.com

More Rumi — Sufi Books

E Books of Rabia, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hafiz, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, and Rumi

Sultan BaHU: 

https://archive.org/details/sultan-bahu-radhasoami-satsang_202101/Sultan%20Bahu%20-%20Radhasoami%20Satsang/mode/2up

Huge Collection of Sufi and Other Spiritual Classics @ The Internet Archive: 
https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Ejaz%22&page=6

Sufi Poetry @ Wordpress: Amir Khusro, Bulleh Shah, Khawaja Ghulam Farid, Mian Muhammad Baksh, Pir Meher Ali Shah, Rabia al-Basri, Rumi, Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu: https://SufiPoetry.Wordpress.com

Rabia the Mystic, and Her Fellow Saints in Islam, Cambridge University Press: 

https://books.google.com/books?id=hy44AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=the+gnostic+is+not+someone+who+commits+to+memory+passages+from+the+quran&source=bl&ots=-PIHy1FiLg&sig=ACfU3U2f8-Jf9t10fyW-bo5YWXQrAXv2UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtmp3AurLrAhWSQc0KHadwCyUQ6AEwGnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rabia al-Basri: 

https://SufiPoetry.Wordpress.com/poets/rabia-al-basri

Sultan BaHU (HOOO):

https://archive.org/details/sultan-bahu-radhasoami-satsang/page/n7/mode/2up

Sultan BaHU, Audio Book: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsmN96gFp0M&list=PL9Zg64loGCGAguz13kMj1K5I53LW9r_gM

Sultan Bahu — Impressive Poetry Collection: https://SufiPoetry.Wordpress.com/poets/sultan-bahu

The Book of Mirdad, by Mikhail Naimy: 

https://archive.org/details/TheBookOfMirdad/mode/2up

Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Mysticism of Sound, Abstract Sound: http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/II/II_8.htm

The Secret Book of HU, Perfection Of The Holy Face (Sufi): 
http://spiritualawakeningradio.com/The-Secret-Book-of-Hu-Naqshabandi-Haqqani-Sufi-Secrets.pdf

Nimatullahi Sufi Order: 

https://www.nimatullahi.org/khaniqahi-nimatullahi-publications

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Sufi Library:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120301053847/http://www.bmf.org/m/wisdom/index.html

The Sufi — E Books: http://www.TheSufi.com/sufi_ebooks

RUMI: The Electronic School of Masnavi Studies — The Masnavi is the great masterpiece of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, who lived in the 13th century: http://www.dar-al-masnavi.org

RUMI: Rumi — Odes and Quatrains:  

http://www.rumi.net/rumi_poems_main.htm

RUMI: Discourses of Rumi, A.J. Arberry — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/rumi_fihi_ma_fihi.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: http://www.thesufi.com/sufi_ebooks/Mevlana_Rumi/Masnavi_Maanvi_ebook_Rumi_English_Translation_%20by_Whinfield-6_VOLUMES.html

RUMI: The Masnavi Maanvi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi, Translated and abridged by E.H. Whinfield — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/rumi_masnavi.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 1— PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b1.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 2 — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b2.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 3 — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b3.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 4 — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b4.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 5 — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b5.pdf

RUMI: Masnavi_Maanvi: Book 6 — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/mevlana_rumi_ebooks/masnavi_b6.pdf

Wisdom of the East, The Persian Mystics (Jalaludin Rumi), By F. Hadland Davis — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/sufi_ebooks/Mevlana_Rumi/The-Persian-Mystics-Jalaluddin-Rumi.pdf

Divan-i-Hafiz by Hafiz of Shiraz (Hafiz Shirazi), Translated and Edited by H.W.Clarke — PDF: 

https://archive.org/details/225399023hafizthedivanihafiz/mode/2up

Hafiz Poetry: http://www.hafizonlove.com/divan/index.htm

Kashf Al Mahjoob (Revelation of the Veiled), by Hazrat Ali Hajvairi Daata-Sahib — PDF: http://www.thesufi.com/2011_Sufism_Ebooks/KashfulMahjoob-english%201911.pdf

Various Books at TheSufi.com:

https://www.thesufi.com/sufi_ebooks.html

The Sufi, Music: http://www.thesufi.com/sufimusic

Sufi Classics @ Sacred-Texts: http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/index.htm#sufi

Academy of the Punjab in North America — Complete English Books: Sufis and Sufism: http://www.apnaorg.com/books/e-booklist-8.shtml

The Secret of Realisation, by Dr. H. N. Saksena — Sufi-Sant Mat: http://www.scribd.com/doc/103894359/The-Secret-of-Realisation-by-Dr-H-N-Saksena

The Science and Philosophy of Spirituality, by R. K. Gupta — Sufi-Sant Mat: http://www.scribd.com/doc/103895433/The-Science-and-Philosophy-of-Spirituality-by-R-K-Gupta

Sufi Blog:
https://itsinnerpeace.home.blog

Link BACK to the MAIN PAGE of the E-Library: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-radhasoami-books-main-page-e.html

Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts, Spiritual Awakening Radio

Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts, Spiritual Awakening Radio

Fund-raising Campaign

Today is Giving Tuesday, kicking off the charitable season with a celebration of giving and philanthropy.

Dear Spiritual Awakening Radio Listeners Around the World:

On behalf of Spiritual Awakening Radio -- these Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts exploring the Path of the Masters, I want to wish you all the very best for the upcoming Christmas and holiday season and for the New Year 2019. May it be a year full of health, happiness, peace, deeper mediations and progress on all fronts. I also wish for 2019 to not only keep on going... but growing, for it to be a year of expansion of this mission, reaching more people in more podcast venues, in more places, presenting more research into this rare Path of the Masters, placing yet more out-of-print books online; another year of sharing material in English that has up-to-now only been accessible in Hindi, or known only to a small number of people, uploading more spiritual classics of the Saints, Gnostics, Sufis, and other Mystics, making them available to everyone for free, giving them a permanent home on the web... exploring all aspects of the Path: teachings, meditation practice, practical guidance about this Path, and ahimsa ethics (including in the area of diet, as in vegetarian and vegan) -- education for a more peaceful planet. 

In this realm maya (illusion) seems to be quite successful at occupying minds with infinite kinds of distractions. As Kabir has said: 

"Delusion fills the three worlds,
delusion everywhere.
Kabir says (and he’s thought about it),
you live in Delusion Village.
They don’t listen to wise words 
and won’t think for themselves. 
Kabir continues to scream. 
The world goes by like a dream.” 

"Blessed are the souls who in today's materialistic world have an inclination towards spirituality." (Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj)

"Whatever actions bring you closer to God, they are good actions. Whatever actions take you away from God, they are bad actions." (Kirpal Singh)

"Dear Aspirants! Each day strive to do both kinds of satsang: inner and outer. Outer satsang is listening to the teachings of great saints and studying the sacred texts. Inner satsang is the practice of one-pointed meditation." (Maharishi Mehi Paramhans)

"Just as a coded document shows the way to a hidden treasure, just so this Bijak shows the way to realize the soul. It teaches such instructive words to the soul, but there is seldom anyone to understand them." (Bijak of Kabir)

"Only the connoisseur, who will test the Shabda [word], and listen to the teachings with full attention, and within whom these teachings will dwell, only he will understand this." (Anurag Sagar)

"O my friend, I speak nothing
from myself; I only utter what
the Beloved puts into my mouth."
(Guru Nanak) 

Donations support the ongoing efforts to create new radio programs and podcasts, progress at the Sant Mat e-Library and other educational activities online including in the world of social media.

I also want to thank those of you who have so generously supported/donated during this and previous years. Simply put, Spiritual Awakening Radio owes its existence and success to all of you, the listeners. The future of this most unusual endeavour is largely in your hands. 

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Your help is greatly appreciated and needed for 2019 and beyond.

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Spiritual Awakening Radio

God is the Ocean of Love, and Souls are Drops from this Ocean.

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Prayers from the Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry of Soamiji Maharaj, Prayer One

Prayers from the Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry of Soamiji Maharaj, Prayer One

 

 

 

O Radhasoami! I beseech Thee with folded hands to hear my prayer.

(1)

Thou art Sat Purush and Sat Guru, the Munificent Lord. Thou art the parent of all the Jivas [Souls].

 (2)

Be gracious enough to make me Thy own, and extricate me from the snares of Kal [negative power].

 (3)

Sat Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapar Yuga have all passed. None knew about the path of Shabd.

 (4)

 In Kali Yuga, the Soami (Lord) has taken pity on Jivas, and has openly given out the secrets of Shabd.

 (5)

He has incarnated Himself here for effecting liberation of Jivas. He takes them across the ocean of worldly existence.

 (6)

Releasing me from the thraldom of the three worlds, He has granted me abode in the fourth Pad (beyond Pind, And, and Brahmand). Now I realize the status of Sat Nam and Sat Guru.

 (7)

The first stage is illumined by the Jyoti (flame). The second stage is Gagan. Beyond is the third stage of Daswan Dwar where is visible the moon.

 (8)

Beyond Trikuti, Sunn and Maha-sunn, is the throne with the umbrella of the Sovereign in the region of white resplendent light and incessant Anhad Shabd. It is to this Sovereign that I address my prayer.

 (9-10)

May I be the recipient of happiness here and hereafter. O Lord! Grant me abode in Thy Holy Feet.

 (11)


-- BACHAN 7
BINTI AND PRARTHNA (PRAYER)
AT THE HOLY FEET OF
PARAM PURUSH PURAN DHANI
RADHASOAMI
SHABD 1:
https://archive.org/details/SarBachan/page/n23/mode/2up

To look up and become acquainted with the mystic terms of the Sar Bachan, see the Glossary of the Radhasoami Faith -- PDF File: 

 https://archive.org/details/GlossaryOfTheRadhasoamiFaith/page/n1/mode/2up