"Here there is no talk of the world's affairs - those matters that make wild the hearts of men." Chia Tao (779-843); trans. Mike O'Connor

Saturday, June 11, 2011

In my soul....

"In my soul there is a temple,
a shrine,
a mosque,
a church where I kneel.

Prayer should brings us
to an altar where no walls
or names exist."

-Rabia of Basra (c. 717-801);
trns. Daniel Ladinsky
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