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THE REALITY EXPERIENCE Anthology of God-Realized, God-Intoxicated, God-Mad & God-Seeking Poetry. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. "To penetrate into the essence of all being and significanceand to release the fragrance of that inner attainmentfor the guidance and benefit of others, by expressingin the world of forms, truth, love, purity and beauty...this is the only game which has any intrinsic and absoluteworth. All other, happenings, incidents and attainments can, in themselves, have no lasting importance." Meher Baba (Huma). Contents: God-Realization & God-Intoxication & God-Madness... page 7, The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu, Maharathi, and other Sufi, Dervish & Bhakti Spiritual Poetry... 14. The Poets: Zarathushtra 25, Appar 31, Hazrat 'Ali 35, 'Ali Ibn Husain 37, Majnun 38, Rabi'a of Basra 50, Andal 57, Abu Nuwas 61, Dhu'l-Nun 65, Bayazid Bistami 71, Al Nuri 73, Junaid 76, Sumnan 78, Mansur Hallaj 80, Ibn 'Ata 88, Shibli 90, Baba Tahir 93, Abu Said 97, Ibn Sina 104, Baba Kuhi 106, Ansari 108, Al-Ghazali 114, Hamadani 117, Sana'i 120, Gilani 130, Mahsati 133, Abu Maydan 138, Khaqani 141, Mu'in 152, Suhrawardi 162, Nizami 166, Ruzbihan 173, Baghdadi 175, 'Attar 177, Baba Farid 189, Ibn al-Farid 194, Ibn 'Arabi 206, Auhad ud-din Kermani 219, Kamal ud-din 224, Hamavi 229, Baba Afzal 232, Rumi 235, Imami 250, Sadi 252, Al-Busiri 261, Al-Shushtari 276, Sultan Valad 280, Humam 283, Yunus Emre 286, Amir Khusrau 295, Hasan Dihlavi 301, Simnani 307, Namdev 310, Dnyaneshwar 315, Auhadi 321, Ibn Yamin 324, Khaju 326, Obeyd Zakani 330, Emad 340, Lalla Ded 346, Hafiz 350, Jahan Khatun 372, Ruh Attar 382, Haydar 387, Kadi Burhan-ud-din 394, Maghribi 397, Vidyapati 404, Kasim Anwar 410, Shah Ni'matu'llah 415, Jili 421, Nesimi 425, Nund Rishi 432, Kabir 440, Chandidas 450, Jami 457, 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 467, Nanak 482, Surdas 489, Pir Sultan 495, Fusuli 499, Mira Bai 506, Tulsidas 513, Eknath 520, Qutub Shah 525, Tukaram 528, Ghani Kashmiri 534, Ramdas 550, Bahina Bai 555, Nef'i 561, Yahya 566, Mirza 569, Haleti 579, Sa'ib 582, Khushal 584, Dara Shikoh 593, Sarmad 596, Sultan Bahu 606, Makhfi 609, Abdul-Kadir 622, Rahman Baba 627, Khwaja Mohammad 640, Hamid 643, Niyazi 651, Bedil 655, Wali 664, Bulleh Shah 670, Shah Latif 676, Mustaq 683, Ali Haider 686, Sauda 689, Dard 692, Nazir 698, Mir 708, Sachal Sarmast 718, Hatef 722, Galib 730, Esrar Dede 736, Tahirah 738, Aatish 745, Zafar 751, Zarq 756, Ghalib 759, Dabir 765, Anees 768, Hali 771, Farid 773, Shad 777, Ahmad Shawqi 781, Iqbal 795, Inayat Khan 804, Ashgar 810, Jigar 812, Khadim 816, Huma 822. Large Format Paperback, 7" x 10" 828 pages. Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi & Bhakti poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Jami, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Khayyam, Rudaki, Lalla Ded, Baba Farid, Rahman Baba, Yunus Emre, Iqbal, Nund Rishi and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, children's books, biographies & screenplays.
