A student came to the meeting of Master Baki Bilah from Delhi and said:
“I read Hafiz’s poems: “If a teacher asks you to stain your prayer rug with wine, obey him,” but I can’t understand them.
Master said:
- Live away from me, and I will explain this to you.
And then the student received a letter. Bucky Bilah wrote: “Take all the money you have and give it to the gatekeeper of the nearest brothel.” The student was stunned. He thought that the master was a deceiver, but still he went to the house of ill fame and gave all his money to the gatekeeper.
“For that amount,” he said, “I will give you our pearl - a virgin!”
He entered the room. The girl who was there said:
“I was lured into this house by cunning.” If your conscience is stronger than what you came here for, help me escape.
Then the student understood the meaning of Hafiz’s poem: “If the teacher asks you to stain your prayer rug with wine, obey him.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru