Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan There is an Arabic saying, ’If you wish to know God, you must know yourself.’ How little man knows while he is in the …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 68 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT IS THE INNER SOURCE OF VIOLENCE? Violence is a reflection of lower, instinctive consciousness–fear, anger, greed, jealousy and hate–based in the mentality …
Tirukural.
Kural 51 She is the helpful wife who possesses the fullness of domestic virtues and spends within her husband’s means. Kural 52 Family life, however full, remains empty if …
Vedic Verses.
This bright jewel of the sky rises–limitless his vision! Far is his goal; he hastens on resplendent. Now, animated by the Sun, earth’s people can go about their business …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Coming to the cause of the lack of joy, one realizes by pondering on the subject that it is not pursuing after joy that …
Tirukural.
Section II: The Way of The Householder Chapter 5: Family Life Kural 41 He alone may be called a householder who supports students, elders and renunciates pursuing well their …
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SLOKA 67 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT IS THE INNER SOURCE OF NONINJURY? Two beliefs form the philosophical basis of noninjury. The first is the law of karma, by …
Vedic Verses.
Heaven’s bounteous Daughter has come once again, and all eyes behold the Dawn in her shining. She has mounted her chariot, empowered by its own impulse and drawn by …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan How can those claim to love the Creator who do not love what He has created? For God could never have become known had …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 66 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT IS THE GREAT VIRTUE CALLED AHIMSA? Ahimsa, or noninjury, is the first and foremost ethical principle of every Hindu. It is gentleness …