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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen was a Sufi Muslim saint from the island of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) at the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. He gained a reputation early on as a holy man, and many people from all faiths on the island would come to receive his teachings.

In the early 1970s, he came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. There, he continued to teach a universal understanding of all religions.

In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution when the US hostage crisis arose in 1980, Time magazine interviewed him to gain a Muslim perspective on the situation. He was later interviewed in Psychology Today and several newspapers, sharing a wisdom and sense of unity that transcended religious sectarianism.

Bawa Muhaiyaddeen wrote extensively on spiritual practices and religious harmony. He also wrote poetry.

(By the way, isn't that a great photo of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen? There is something so otherworldly and clear in his gaze...)

Poems by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

	The things that change are not our real life
	There is One God

Recommended Books

	Asma'Ul-Husna: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	A Book of God's Love, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	Come to the Secret Garden: Sufi Tales of Wisdom, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	Islam & World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	A Mystical Journey, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	Song of Muhammad, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	Songs of God's Grace, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com
	The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism, by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Amazon.com

Related Links:

	A Tamil Muslim Saint: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen http://www.penkatali.org/bawa.html A good brief biography of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen online.
	The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship http://www.bmf.org/ Several discourses by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen available online. Various articles on Sufism.

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