Vedic Verses.
Divine Architect of the universe, well pleased, may you give us procreant vigor, whence a brave son-skilled in action, lover of divine powers and resolute like grinding stones-be born. …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan It makes no difference to me if I am so praised that I am raised from earth to heaven, nor if I am so …
Tirukural.
Kural 301 It is restraint that restrains rage when it can injure. If it cannot harm, what does restraint really matter? Kural 302 Wrath is wrong even when it …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 93 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT ARE THE SACRAMENTS OF ADULTHOOD? The most important sacrament of adulthood is the vivaha samskara, or marriage rite, preceded by a pledge …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Selfishness may begin with the thought, ’As long as my country is benefited, that benefits me;’ and then it will narrow down to, ’If …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 92 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT ARE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHILDHOOD? The essential religious sacraments of childhood are the namakarana, name-giving; chudakarana, head-shaving; annaprashana, first solid food; karnavedha, …
Tirukural.
Kural 291 What is truthfulness? It is speaking words which are totally free from harmful effects. Kural 292 Even falsehood is of the nature of truth if it renders …
Vedic Verses.
For the great-souled, the surest way to liberation is the conviction that I am Brahman. The two terms, what leads to bondage and what leads to liberation, are the …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan He who keeps no secret has no depth; his heart is like a vessel turned upside down. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_boulas.htm The secret of all attainment is …
Tirukural.
Kural 281 He who wishes not to be scorned by others guards his own mind against the slightest thought of fraud. Kural 282 The mere thought of sin is …
