The rose garden of Persia . , their wisdom andtheir folly lauded alike:— He is both a Yoghi and a Sunnyasi, whoperformeth that which he ought to do, inde-pendent of the fruit thereof. To the Yoghigold, iron, and stone are the same. TheYoghi constantly exerciseth the ^spirit in pri-vate, free from hope, free from planteth his own seat firmly on a spotundefiled, neither too high nor too low, andsitteth upon the sacred grass, which is calledKoos, covered with a skin or a cloth. Therehe whose business is the restraining of hispassions, should sit with his mind fixed onone object, alo
The rose garden of Persia . , their wisdom andtheir folly lauded alike:— He is both a Yoghi and a Sunnyasi, whoperformeth that which he ought to do, inde-pendent of the fruit thereof. To the Yoghigold, iron, and stone are the same. TheYoghi constantly exerciseth the ^spirit in pri-vate, free from hope, free from planteth his own seat firmly on a spotundefiled, neither too high nor too low, andsitteth upon the sacred grass, which is calledKoos, covered with a skin or a cloth. Therehe whose business is the restraining of hispassions, should sit with his mind fixed onone object, alone, in the exercise of his devo-tion for the purification of his , keeping | W k 1his head, neck, and body steady, without mo-tion, his eyes fixed on the point of his nose,looking at no other place around. When it is considered that the creed ofthe Sufis^ is to adore beauty,^^^ because thecontemplation thereof leads the creaturenearer to the Creator; and to venerate wine,because the power of its spirit is a symbol of.
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