Bayazid
804-874 70 years
804-874 70 years
aka: Bayazid Bastami,
Persian: بايزيد بسطامى
Sufi mystic from Persia (Iran)
influential early Sufi
died and buried in Iran, but there is also a shrine
memorial in Bangladesh
Persian: بايزيد بسطامى
Sufi mystic from Persia (Iran)
influential early Sufi
died and buried in Iran, but there is also a shrine
memorial in Bangladesh
complex with
Bayazid's tomb in Iran
Bayazid's tomb in Iran
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| I remember a story about a Sufi mystic, Bayazid, who remained in one village for many years. One day the villagers said to Bayazid, "We have been seeing you and hearing you for at least five years. You were always praying and talking to God. Now we see that you never talk, you never pray. Why this change? Have you become an atheist? Have you lost your belief in the divine? You never talk now, you never pray." Bayazid laughed and said, "Before, I was talking and praying. Now God has started talking to me, so I have to be silent and listen. The whole process has changed. Now I need not talk. Now, he talks to me." --Osho The Voice of Silence, ch. 12 |
| There was a Sufi saint, Bayazid, and he always used to say: 'God knows whatsoever my need is, so I have never prayed--because that is foolish! What to say to Him? He already knows. If I say something which He knows, it is foolish...' --Osho Until You Die, ch. 1 |