Posted in Art, Culture, Entertainment, Religion, tagged America, Colin Hanks, Films, George Gall, Meg Ryan, Movies, Selma Blair, Spirituality on May 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
In today’s environment we increasingly find a new kind of believer. This believer is not religious and not exactly an atheist. They may or may not, however, be an agnostic but believe in something “greater than themselves”. This kind of believer is, for all intensive purposes, considered “spiritual”. Which essentially means that a person does [...]
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Posted in Culture, History, Life, Religion, Sufism, tagged Islam, Speech, Wisdom, Literature, Mirror for Princes, Yusuf Khass Hajib, Chaghatay, Karakhanid, Kutadgu Bilig, Kashghar, Intellect on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Recently, I have delved into the profound wisdom of Yusūf Balasağuni (qs) taken from his masnavi entitled, Kutadğu Bilig or The Wisdom of Royal Glory. Yusūf the Khāṣṣ Ḥājib (qs), an honorific which translates roughly to “Chancellor”, was an 11th century writer and poet; a contemporary to Mahmud al-Kashghari and is the author of the [...]
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A wizened sage, from beyond Ashsharq, a far-off Eastern land, had arrived in the village. His philosophical expositions were so abtruse and yet so tantalizing that the usual company in the teahouse soon became convinced that he could perhaps unveil for them the mysteries of life.
Nasreddin Hoja listed to him for a while. ‘You know,’ [...]
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