The Walled Garden of Truth
by Hakim Sanai, D.L. Pendlebury
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Author: D.L. Pendlebury, Hakim SanaiEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); Persian (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1974-12
ISBN: 0900860359
Number of pages: 77
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
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Book Review: Full of Well-Cut Gems of Wisdom
Summary: 5 Stars
Regarding the issue of excerpting "out of context," it must be pointed out that the publisher, Octagon Press, is a major promoter of classic texts that were recommended as teaching materials by the late Idries Shah, a renowned Naqshbandi sufi. Clearly, they feel that Pendlebury's excerpts are useful.
I read once that Sanai can be considered a balance to the study of Rumi, or even an antidote for people who see Rumi primarily as a source of effusive Lover/Beloved passages. Sanai is more pointed and direct but equally compassionate and brilliant. He emphasizes not only devotion and purity of heart but also clarifying one's perception to transcend duality.
Permit me to quote a small segment of Pendlebury's translation which is perhaps as significant in this era of mistrust between religions as it was 850 years ago:
"If you want the mirror to reflect the face,
hold it straight and keep it polished bright;
although the sun does not begrudge its light,
when seen in a mist it only looks like glass;
and creatures comelier than angels even
seem in a dagger to have devils' faces.
Your dagger will never tell you true from false;
it will never serve you as a mirror."
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