The Pearl of Wisdom
CONTENTS
PART I
Appreciation by Hony Jt Secy Serendib Sufi Study Circle
Portrait of His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen by Russian Artist Ahmad Alexander Vladimirovich Smeiman
Foreword by His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Invocation to Allah by His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
PART II
Chapter 1: Signs of Spiritual Significance
Chapter 5: The Physical Features of Man and their Significance
Chapter 6: More Physical Features of Man and their Significance
Chapter 7: Twitches in various parts of Man’s body and their Significance
Chapter 8: How the Awe-Inspiring God subdues pride
Chapter 10: Etiquette of Prayer
Chapter 11: The Prophet’s (Sal) advice to Hazrat Ali
Chapter 12: Who is a true human?
Chapter 13: The Four Ways of Worship
Chapter 14: The Four Stages of Spiritual Development
Chapter 16: The Different Types of Swamis
Chapter 17: The Earthen Pot and the Brass Vessel
Chapter 19: Service to the Guru
Chapter 20: Body, Trick and Danger
Chapter 22: Faith and Determination
Chapter 24: The Fistful of Earth
Chapter 26: The Allegory of the Ship
Chapter 27: The Story of Creation
Chapter 28: The Tree in the Desert
Chapter 30: The Mystical Meaning of Man’s Body
Chapter 31: The Twenty-Eight Arabic Alphabets in Man’s Body
Chapter 32: Allahu ta- aalaa Nayan’s Instructions to Muhammad (Sal)
Chapter 34: The Treachery of the Swamis
Chapter 35: An Encounter with Theiwaanai and Letchimi
Chapter 36: The Creation of Manu-eesan
Chapter 37: The Kundalini Sakti
Chapter 38: The Closure of the Openings
Chapter 39: Bawa and the Bridge-keeper
Chapter 40: Theiwaanai Revisited
PART III
The Sheikh's Travels in Serendib
A Tribute to Guru Bawa by an un-named disciple
A Tribute to His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen by a disciple, A V Arulampalam