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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Sri Lanka (1900? - 1986) Timeline Muslim / Sufi Poems by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Books - Links |
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.
(Don't you just love the photograph of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen? There is something so serene in his eyes -- gentle, clear-seeing, intelligent -- yet also unsettlingly otherworldly, almost alien. Gazing at his picture, I almost feel I am witnessing a pure-hearted, wise extraterrestrial. Reminds me how fascinating and delightfully unexpected the spectrum of humanity can be...)
Poems by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Recommended Books: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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.