Posts Tagged ‘Sufism’

The Blind Sufi

The Blind Sufi

Today Mr. Guru invited me to visit a highly respected local Sufi, Rahman Sahib, a descendant of a major Sufi saint who heals people from illnesses, advises them on all sorts of decisions (including the highest people in Srinagar), and happens to be blind. Despite that, he can apparently read people like a book. I [...]


Nizamuddin Dargah

Nizamuddin Dargah

I spent two days in Delhi before flying to Ladakh. The first day I slept and the second day I visited Nizamuddin, a poor Muslim area in southern Delhi. At the heart of Nizamuddin is the shrine of the famous Indian Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin, who died in 1325 and was a member of the [...]