Kategoria: Sufi message of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Every blow in life pierces the heart and awakens our feelings to sympathize with others; and every swing of comfort lulls us to sleep, and we become unaware of all.(Bowl of Saki, July 20, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

20.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan ’If the soul is awakened, how does it awake, and who awakens it?’ We see that the time for nature to awake is the …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

A study of life is the greatest of all religions, and there is no greater or more interesting study.(Bowl of Saki, July 21, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

21.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan There are two ways in which we may attain control over our activity. The first is confidence in the power of our own will; …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

We can learn virtue even from the greatest sinner if we consider him as a teacher.(Bowl of Saki, July 22, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

22.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan The question now arises how to attain to this prayerful attitude in life. In the first place, for those whose prayer is one of …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

Repentance has the effect of spreading a drop in a warm sphere, causing the heart to expand and become universal, while the hardening of the heart brings limitation.(Bowl of Saki, July 23, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

23.7.2017

”Warmth melts, while cold freezes. A drop of ice in a warm place spreads and covers a larger space, whereas a drop of water in a cold place freezes …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

There should be a balance in all our actions – to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.(Bowl of Saki, July 24, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

24.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan There are two forces in us, love and reason. We must keep an even balance between the two. If we give too much expression …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

OUR SPIRIT IS THE REAL PART OF US, THE BODY BUT ITS GARMENT.

25.7.2017

OUR SPIRIT IS THE REAL PART OF US, THE BODY BUT ITS GARMENT. A MAN WOULD NOT FIND PEACE AT THE TAILOR’S BECAUSE HIS COAT COMES FROM THERE; NEITHER …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

Every purpose has a birth and death; therefore, God is beyond purpose.(Bowl of Saki, July 26, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

26.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Then again it may be said, there is a purpose above each purpose, and there is again a purpose under each purpose; and yet …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

Belief and disbelief have divided mankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the oneness of all life.(Bowl of Saki, July 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

27.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan For the Sufi there exists no one in this world, neither heathen nor pagan, who is to be despised, for he believes in that …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

Spirit can only love spirit; in loving form it deludes itself.(Bowl of Saki, July 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

28.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Can anyone kill life? If there is any death, it is that of death itself, for life will not die. Someone went to a …

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Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)

To love is one thing, to understand is another. He who loves is a devotee, but he who understands is a friend.(Bowl of Saki, July 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan)

29.7.2017

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan It is sometimes asked why, if God is all-pervading, there is need of the special manifestation of a messenger such as Krishna, Buddha, or …

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