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Yogis in Silence Yogis In Silence The Great Sufi Masters R.K.Gupta [email protected] ISBN: 8176461997 - 1 - Copyright © R.K.Gupta <[email protected]>: The material in this book may be copied for personal use only. No material may be modified, edited or taken out of context, such that its use creates a false or misleading statement or impression. Excerpts from this book not exceeding a total of 2000 words can be freely quoted without written permission of author provided reference to the site is given. PART I Sufis of Yore - 2 - Copyright © R.K.Gupta <[email protected]>: The material in this book may be copied for personal use only. No material may be modified, edited or taken out of context, such that its use creates a false or misleading statement or impression. Excerpts from this book not exceeding a total of 2000 words can be freely quoted without written permission of author provided reference to the site is given. NAQSHBAND SUFIS-THE SILENT YOGIS ‘The Almighty is not concerned with one’s religion but with love. Spiritualism does not need following of any particular religion. Customs and rituals are only the outer form of religion, which depend upon the place and social circumstances. Spirituality, however, is seeking the Truth and self- realisation that are the matters of soul, which is same in everyone and above all these things.’ -Maulana Fazl Ahmad Khan ‘Sufism is as old as humanity. It is the Ancient Wisdom.’ - Mahatma Radha Mohan Lal ‘Spirituality is neither ritual nor learning. If it was a ritual, one could learn it by practice. If it was mere learning, one could acquire it by reading. Spirituality, however, is a matter of conduct. To be a true human being, free of all bondages, and being honest with the Almighty, is being a Sufi.’ - Thakur Ram Singh (quoting his Master Mahatma Ram Chandra) Sufism is a way of life. It is neither a religion nor a philosophy. There are Hindu Sufis, Muslim Sufis and Christian Sufis, proclaimed Mahatma Radha Mohan Lal ji, a renowned Sufi of his time. “Suf” means wool. Wool is warm. If the heart is warm, then there is love. A saint whose heart is soft and warm is Sufi. Sufism has traditionally been associated with Islam, but Sufis were before the Prophet. Sufism always was. Only before the Prophet they were not called Sufis. A few centuries later they were called Sufis. Long before they were a sect called “Kamal Posh” (blanket wearers), who went to every prophet. A tradition goes that they went also to Jesus. No one could satisfy them. Every prophet told them to do this or that, and they were not satisfied. One day Mohammed said: ‘There are many Kamal Posh men coming, and they will reach here in so many days and now at this moment they are there and there.’ They came on the day when Prophet had said. And when they were with him, he only looked at them without speaking. They were completely satisfied. He created love in their hearts and that is why they were completely satisfied. - 3 - Copyright © R.K.Gupta <[email protected]>: The material in this book may be copied for personal use only. No material may be modified, edited or taken out of context, such that its use creates a false or misleading statement or impression. Excerpts from this book not exceeding a total of 2000 words can be freely quoted without written permission of author provided reference to the site is given. It is in the Naqshbandi silsila (Order or chain of Masters) of Sufis that love is created. Love is created by the Master in the heart of his disciple. Nobody else has this method. Chishtias are very magnetic, as they do many things through the physical body. The body, therefore, becomes very magnetic. It is the body which attracts the body, and through it the Soul. In the Naqshbandi silsila it is the Soul, which attracts the Soul, and the Soul speaks to the Soul. Chishtias need music, for instance. Without music they can do nothing. They use ceremonies, sometimes-breathing practices, and other things. Naqshbandi Sufis need nothing. They are not limited. Music is bondage. Ceremonials, worship, when done collectively, can also be bondage. Naqshbandis are free. They go to the Absolute Truth in Silence, for it can be found only in silence and it is Silence. That’s why Naqshbandis are sometimes called the Silent Yogis. If some practices are given, they are performed always in silence. Shaikh Ali ar-Ramitani said, ‘In spirituality there is no better utterance than silence, because spirituality is a flow from and to the heart.’ Hajrat Ala’uddin al-Attar said, ‘Silence is the best state, except under three conditions: one must not keep silent in the face of bad gossip attacking his heart; one must not keep silent in directing his heart in remembrance of Allah; and one must not keep silent when the vision inside his heart orders him to speak.” Naqshbandis do the Sadhana (internal practice) in silence. Naqsha means ‘impression.’ Impression in the heart. Hajrat Harun was the founder of the Dynasty. He had a Pir (a Guru or a Master). His Pir loved him very much, therefore the other disciples had a grudge against him; they were jealous. One day the Master had to go away and he ordered Hajrat to paint a certain quantity of pots, black, with the inscription ‘Allah’ in white. But Hajrat Harun, owing to many devotional practices, forgot to do it. When the Pir arrived, the other disciples immediately informed him of the forgetfulness of his favorite disciple. The Pir asked him: ‘did you paint the pots as ordered? ‘Yes’-said Hajrat Harun. All the disciples were furious. He is not only forgetful but a pukka liar! They said. The Pir went into the room where the pots were standing. Hajrat Harun by profession was a pot-painter. But as Hajrat Harun glanced at the pots standing there, owning to his great - 4 - Copyright © R.K.Gupta <[email protected]>: The material in this book may be copied for personal use only. No material may be modified, edited or taken out of context, such that its use creates a false or misleading statement or impression. Excerpts from this book not exceeding a total of 2000 words can be freely quoted without written permission of author provided reference to the site is given. devotion and the Grace of God, all the pots were standing black with the white lettering as ordered. Since then, his Master gave him the name: ‘Naqshband’ the ‘impresser.’ The first person to introduce this new method of attaining full spiritual accomplishment in India, however, was Hajrat Janab (HJ) Baqi Billa Sahab, who was one of the great Masters of the Naqshbandi silsila . Masters prior to him belonged to Central Asia, mostly Bukhara and nearby areas. The knowledge has been passed on over centuries from the Master to the disciple and so on, from heart-to-heart, maintaining the continuity of the silsila . Sufism being neither a religion nor a philosophy, one can make an effort to understand these great Masters only either through one’s personal experience or by having a glimpse of their way of living and their conduct. The anecdotes connected with them throw some light in this direction. With the passage of time there is a possibility of some distortion in the facts creeping in, but what is important is their essence. An effort has, therefore, been made to put forth some material that is available about the great Sufi Masters in the following pages. - 5 - Copyright © R.K.Gupta <[email protected]>: The material in this book may be copied for personal use only. No material may be modified, edited or taken out of context, such that its use creates a false or misleading statement or impression. Excerpts from this book not exceeding a total of 2000 words can be freely quoted without written permission of author provided reference to the site is given. SUFIS OF YORE Sufism is as ancient as humanity and great Masters from time to time have been guiding, helping and gracing the humanity through their presence. Many of them have been living amongst us as ordinary human beings, hiding their true selves. However, as fire is recognised by its warmth and the Sun is recognised by its light, the saints are recognised by their benevolence and their love for all. In the Naqshbandi Sufi Order it is the love for the Master that takes the disciple further and further on to the path of spirituality. It is a dynamic process where the disciple is attached to the Master through the string of love and so on and thus the chain extends to the Infinity. One may shake any loop of the chain and the whole chain responds. There is continuity in the chain, as it is an ever-existing silsila . It is difficult, nay impossible for any one to describe all their attributes, yet an effort has been made here to mention some of the incidences and anecdotes concerning some of the great Masters of yore. Abu Yazid al-Bistami HJ Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bistami (Bayazid) was one of the great Sufi Masters of 8 th -9th Century AD, whose ancestors were Zoroastrians from Persia. It is said that Bayazid al-Bistami was the first one to speak about the reality of ‘ fana ’ (Annihilation i.e. merging ones identity completely with the Almighty). Ibn Taymiyya, one of the great scholars of 7 th Century A.H.
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