This Rumi poem explains the mystical power of Ramadan fasting, which begins tomorrow or Tuesday.
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Be Empty and Cry As a Reed Instrument
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How to Keep a True Lent
For Robert Herrick, Lent is not about fasting but about starving sin.
The Spirit’s Table Has Arrived from Heaven
In this Ramadan poem by Rumi, fasting is seen as a way of escaping the body.
God’s Plenitude: A Nest Full of Stars
Spiritual Sunday Recently I asked Ugandan Farida Bag, a regular reader of this website, whether it was appropriate to wish her a Happy Ramadan, the month-long Islamic observance that started this past week. She sent back the following lovely letter, along with a food poem. Farida’s appreciation of the poem serves as evidence that the […]
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