Quotes from Mahmud Shabistari

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.

Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part.

When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple

Each atom hides beneath its veil The soul amazing beauty of the Beloved's face.

In the empty heart, void of self can be heard the echoing cry, "I am the Truth." Thus is man one with the eternal. Travelling, travel and traveller have become one.

Behold how this drop of seawater has taken so many forms and names; it has existed as mist, cloud, rain, dew, and mud, then plant, animal, and Perfect man; and yet it was a drop of water from which these things appeared. Even so this universe of reason, soul, heavens, and bodies, was but a drop of water in its beginning and ending. ...When a wave strikes it, the world vanishes; and when the appointed time comes to heaven and stars, their being is lost in not being.

The philosopher with his two eyes sees double, so is unable to see the unity of the Truth. ? ???? ???? ?? ?? ????**?? ??? ????? ??? ??? ????

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.

Küçük bir parçac?ktan yolculuk etti külle; Tekrar dönüp dü?ündü aleme bakt? i?te;

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans. Mahmûd Shabistarî

Descending to the earth, that strange intoxicating beauty of the unseen world, lurks in the elements of Nature. And the soul of man, who has attained the rightful balance, becoming aware of this hidden joy, straight away is enamoured and bewitched. And from this mystic marriage are born the poets' songs, inner knowledge, the language of the heart, virtuous living, and the fair child beauty. And the Great Soul gives to man as dowry, the hidden glory of the world.