“Whenever you look, God is there. But is He a rock or a stone or a sun or a moon or a bone? No. His sound is there and His warnings are there. You can see Him. You can see His sound, His words, His speech. You can listen to the commandments given to the prophets, because they have not gone away. They are within us.”

— Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen 39

Sri Lankan Sufi leader 1900–1986

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