Dearest Friends,
This coming Wednesday is the Urs, or commemoration of the passing of
Süleyman Hayati Dede into the presence of the Beloved in 1985. You are
welcome to join me in the evening here in Edinburgh if you are near, for
a simple remembrance of one who devoted his life to bringing Mevlana
and the fragrance of the rose to so many. If we unable to come together,
please keep him in your hearts and prayers . With thanks, Eyvallah Hu,
Hakk Dost.
RSVP
D. Bellak (Derviş Davut Dede)
Fukir-ul Mevlevi
Edinburgh
("Dağ dağ kavuşmaz
İnsan insan kavuşur)
(a mountain cannot meet a mountain,
(however) a human being can meet a another"
Suleyman Hayati Dede, Shaikh of Konya - A Biography
“I come to plant Mevlana’s message of universal love in this soil. The way of Mevlana, of Rumi, will grow in the West in its own way.” Suleyman Hayati Dede Suleyman Hayati Dede was the Mevlevi Shaikh of Konya until his passing in 1985. "Hayati", meaning "Divinely Alive", was his sufi name. He was born Suleyman Lorasulam around 1904 in Konya, Turkey, the old Roman city of Iconium which rose to prominence as the seat of the Seljuk Sultans of Rum a thousand years ago. The young Suleyman Lorasulam was fascinated by the Whirling Dervishes - the Mevlevi Sufi Order, created by followers of the great poet and mystic Jelaluddin Rumi to continue their teacher's spiritual influence after his death in 1273. Rumi was known by his students as Mevlana, meaning "Our Master", and so the sufi lineage stemming from him was called Mevlevi. Rumi was buried in Konya and his sufi descendants had their central training centre, or "tekke", beside his tomb. Suleym...
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