< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 The unteachable teaching 1 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall A MAN CAME TO LIBNANI, A SUFI TEACHER, AND THIS INTERCHANGE TOOK PLACE. MAN: I WISH TO LEARN. WILL YOU TEACH ME? LIBNANI: I DO NOT FEEL THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO LEARN. MAN: CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO LEARN? LIBNANI: CAN YOU LEARN HOW TO LET ME TEACH YOU?...

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 Just a small coin 10 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall UWAIS AL-QARNI WAS OFFERED SOME MONEY. HE SAID: I DO NOT NEED IT AS I ALREADY HAVE A COIN. THE OTHER SAID: HOW LONG WILL THAT LAST YOU? – IT IS NOTHING. UWAIS ANSWERED: GUARANTEE ME THAT I SHALL LIVE LONGER THAN THIS SUM WILL SUFFICE ME AND I WILL ACCEPT YOUR GIFT....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Why have you come? 2 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall BAHAUDDIN EL-SHAH WAS SITTING WITH A NUMBER OF DISCIPLES WHEN A NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS CAME INTO THE MEETING HALL. EL-SHAH ASKED EACH OF THEM, ONE BY ONE, TO SAY WHY HE WAS THERE. THE FIRST SAID: YOU ARE THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH. I GAVE HIM A POTION WHEN HE WAS ILL, SO HE THINKS I AM THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH, SAID EL-SHAH....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 An open and shut case 3 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall SALIH OF QAZWIN TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES: WHOEVER KNOCKS AT THE DOOR CONTINUALLY, IT WILL BE OPENED TO HIM. RABIYA, HEARING HIM ONE DAY, SAID: HOW LONG WILL YOU SAY, IT WILL BE OPENED? THE DOOR HAS NEVER BEEN SHUT. Nature, the whole of it, is a continuous ceremony – a marriage, a feast....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 Asking the experts 4 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall A MAN WHO WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED AND WAS BEING PREPARED FOR BURIAL, REVIVED. HE SAT UP, BUT WAS SO SHOCKED AT THE SCENE SURROUNDING HIM THAT HE FAINTED. HE WAS PUT IN THE COFFIN AND THE FUNERAL PARTY SET OFF FOR THE CEMETERY. JUST AS THEY ARRIVED AT THE GRAVE HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, LIFTED THE LID, AND CRIED OUT FOR HELP....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 Mind games 5 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall THERE WAS A MAN WHO LOST HIS AXE, AND HE SUSPECTED THE BOY NEXT DOOR. HE WATCHED THE BOY WALKING – HE HAD STOLEN HIS AXE. HIS EXPRESSION, HIS TALK, HIS BEHAVIOR, HIS MANNER, EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM BETRAYED THAT HE HAD STOLEN THE AXE. SOON AFTERWARDS THE MAN WAS DIGGING IN HIS GARDEN AND HE FOUND THE AXE....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 Blind man’s buff 6 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall SAADI SAID: A MAN HAD AN UGLY DAUGHTER. HE MARRIED HER TO A BLIND MAN BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE HER. A DOCTOR OFFERED TO RESTORE THE BLIND MAN’S SIGHT. BUT THE FATHER WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM FOR FEAR THAT HE WOULD THEN DIVORCE HIS DAUGHTER. SAADI CONCLUDED: THE HUSBAND OF AN UGLY WOMAN IS BEST BLIND....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 A man who loved seagulls 7 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall THERE WAS A MAN LIVING BY THE SEASHORE WHO LOVED SEAGULLS. EVERY MORNING HE WENT DOWN TO THE SEA TO ROAM WITH THE SEAGULLS. MORE BIRDS CAME TO HIM THAN COULD BE COUNTED IN HUNDREDS. HIS FATHER SAID TO HIM ONE DAY: I HEAR THE SEAGULLS ALL COME ROAMING WITH YOU – BRING ME SOME TO PLAY WITH....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 Beyond mother’s knees 8 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall THREE MEN MADE THEIR WAY TO THE CIRCLE OF A SUFI, SEEKING ADMISSION TO HIS TEACHINGS. ALMOST AT ONCE ONE OF THEM DETACHED HIMSELF FROM THE GROUP, ANGERED BY THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE MASTER. ON THE MASTER’S INSTRUCTIONS, THE SECOND WAS TOLD BY A DISCIPLE THAT THE SAGE WAS A FRAUD....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 When Shibli is absent 9 May 1975 am in Buddha Hall SHIBLI WENT TO VISIT ANOTHER GREAT SAGE, JUNNAID. THE WIFE OF JUNNAID WAS ABOUT TO CONCEAL HERSELF MODESTLY BEHIND A SCREEN. JUNNAID SAID: STAY WHERE YOU ARE – SHIBLI IS ABSENT. AT THAT MOMENT SHIBLI BEGAN TO WEEP. JUNNAID SAID TO HIS WIFE: YOU MUST NOW BE ABSENT, FOR SHIBLI HAS RETURNED....