Part X. The One : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 72 PART X THE ONE THE NAME EACH creature has its being From the One Name, From which it comes forth, And to which it returns, With praises unending. THE BELOVED GUEST CAST away your existence entirely, For it is nought but weeds...
Part Vi. Reflections : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 50 PART VI REFLECTIONS SUN-REFLECTIONS SUN-REFLECTIONS from the unseen world Are all the objects of this mortal sphere, As curl, down, mole, and brow on a fair face. For Beauty absolute reigns over all. ... When the ears first hear these...
Introduction : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 11 THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN The light of light is His beauty heart-ravishing, And His bewitching state the union of unions. As He goes by, so all souls follow Grasping the hem of His garment. INTRODUCTION LIFE OF SHABISTAR "It is inward...
Part Viii. Reason And Free Will : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 60 PART VIII REASON AND FREE-WILL REASON LET reason go. For his light Burns reason up from head to foot. If you wish to see that Face, Seek another eye. The philosopher With his two eyes sees double, So is unable to see the unity...
Epilogue : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 92 EPILOGUE THIS bouquet of scented blossoms I have plucked from that garden, And have called it "The Secret Rose Garden." In it are blooming Roses of the mysteries of the heart Untold before; In it the tongues of the lilies are all...
Part Ix. Man. His Capabilities And His Destiny : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 64 PART IX MAN: HIS CAPABILITIES AND HIS DESTINY TO THE SFS You are bound by a chord To the soul of the creatures before you, Therefore they are subject to your dominion, And the soul of each is hidden in you. In the midst of the world...
Part Xi. The Self : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 76 PART XI THE SELF THE GAMBLE OF THE SELF REAL prayer can only be yours When you have staked and gambled yourself away And your essence is pure. Then "a joy of the eyes" are your prayers And no separation remains, For knower and known...
Editorial Note : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 10 EDITORIAL NOTE THE object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West--the old...
Part Xiv. The Light Manifest : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 88 PART XIV THE LIGHT MANIFEST THE LIGHT THE Light which is manifest Leads all hearts captive, Now as the minstrel, now as the cupbearer. What a singer is He who, by one strain of sweet melody, Burns the harvests of a hundred devotees...
Part V. Time And This Dream World : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 46 PART V TIME AND THIS DREAM-WORLD TIME THE past has flown away, The coming month and year do not exist; Ours only is the present's tiny point. Time is but a fancied dot ever moving on Which you have called a flowing river-stream. I am...
Part Vii. Divine Inebriation : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 54 PART VII DIVINE INEBRIATION TAVERN-HAUNTERS THE tavern is the abode of lovers, The place where the bird of the soul nests, The rest-house that has no existence In a world that has no form. The tavern-haunter is desolate in a lonely...
Acknowledgment : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 26 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor E. H. Whinfield, whose book, the standard translation of the "Gulshan i Rz", has been of the greatest assistance to me in compiling this little volume. I am grateful...
Part Iv. The Journey : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 39 PART IV THE JOURNEY THE FORSAKING SEE, your companions have gone; Will you not too make a start? If you desire to take wing as a bird, Then leave to the vultures this carrion world. Forsake your relations, For your real Friend must be...
Part Xiii. Thoughts : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 82 PART XIII THOUGHTS CIRCLES BEHOLD the world mingled together, Angels with demons, Satan with the archangel. All mingled like seed and fruit, Infidel with faithful, and faithful with infidel. At the point of the present are gathered All...
Title Page : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN OF SA'D UD DIN MAHMD SHABISTAR RENDERED FROM THE PERSIAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FLORENCE LEDERER London, J. Murray [1920] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned, proofed and formatted , September 2005, by John Bruno Hare. This...
Part I. The Perfect Face Of The Beloved : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 27 IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL PART I THE PERFECT FACE OF THE BELOVED THE EYE AND THE LIP WHAT is the nature of the eye and the lip? Let us consider. Coquettish and intoxicating glances shine from His eye...
Untitled : * Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God. Title Page...
Part Xii. Idols, Girdles, And Christianity : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 78 PART XII IDOLS, GIRDLES, AND CHRISTIANITY ARE you still turning to great and small? Pondering on religion and piety, Teachership and discipleship? Which mean hypocrisy and bondage. Then idols and girdles And Christianity are still...
Part Ii. Beauty : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 34 PART II BEAUTY THE MARRIAGE OF THE SOUL DESCENDING to the earth, That strange intoxicating beauty of the unseen world Lurks in the elements of Nature. And the soul of man, Who has attained the rightful balance, Becoming aware of this...
Part Iii. The Sea And Its Pearls : * "The Secret Rose Garden", by Florence Lederer, [1920], p. 36 PART III THE SEA AND ITS PEARLS A DROP OF SEA-WATER BEHOLD how this drop of sea-water Has taken so many forms and names; It has existed as mist, cloud, rain, dew, and mud, Then plant, animal, and perfect man; And yet it was a drop...
