SHABDA - Preceptor's blog

 

 

 

March 31st, 1963

 

Dear Gail:

   For a few minutes I'd like to dwell upon the Sufis, a sect about which I've often spoken. Among the orders are the Darwish Order, the oldest of which works closely with the Moslem religion. The Qadiri Order is one of the most tolerant and progressive orders.

      Some of the Discourses of Shamus-i-Tabriz, on varied subjects, taken from the following book:

 

 

From the book Nada Brahma: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness by Joachim-Ernst Berendt 

 

   En ărchên en ho lógos --- "In the beginning was the Word" --- is written in the Gospel of John. "In the beginning was OM" is what the Tibetans say. The two ideas are related.

 

 

 

 

 

 Mechanics of the Master/Chela Relationship

 

                                                   November 1966