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Absolute Willlessness, Placelessness, and Selflessness in the Cosmic Circle in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 9, Poem 46)
In Chapter 9, Poem 46 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar depicts the height of spiritual bewilderment and poverty. The speaker describes themselves as entirely 'heartless and without counsel' (bidel-o bi-ray) and possessing 'neither garment nor place,' representing the abandonment of ego and spatial attachment. Operating 'without head or foot' (bi-sar-o-pa) within the endless turning circle of the cosmos, the seeker embodies absolute selflessness and disorientation in the face of divine existence.
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Updated 2026-07-04
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