Hazrat Inayat : Jesus pt II
In addition to refuting a number of popular preconceptions in the first instalment, Hazrat Inayat Khan now unfolds some of the spiritual truths that may be found within religious beliefs Continue Reading →
Category: English
How is it possible that we are imperfect?
Here is a question that was expressed recently : God created us in His own image. Then how can we be imperfect? It is a question that touches our own Continue Reading →
Clare of Assisi : Place your mind before the mirror
Clare of Assisi (1194 – 1253 CE) was one of the first followers of St. Francis, and under his direction founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic order for Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Jesus pt I
As much of the world is presently celebrating or about to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, it seems appropriate to post some of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teachings on Continue Reading →
Indifference and Independence
Here is a question that was recently sent by a seeker : How can a person be “indifferent” and “independent” when we have career, family, children, social obligations to cater Continue Reading →
Tales : The Conversion of Liu Haichan
Liu Haichan was a 10th c. CE philosopher who is remembered now as a Taoist ‘immortal’ and a patriarch of Taoism, but before he entered the path, he passed the Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Seeking for the Ideal pt II
Hazrat Inayat Khan here concludes this brief lecture on the inherent longing for an ideal towards which we may aspire, an ideal which until the present era, was given to Continue Reading →
Tales : The Mullah defeats the Scholar
It happened once upon a time that the Governor of the province where Mullah Nasruddin was living was approached by a travelling scholar. The scholar was a very arrogant man Continue Reading →
The Light of Christ – Sermon
As we move toward the end of the year, and as many prepare to celebrate the birth. of the baby Jesus, the International Sufi Movement recently held an online Universal Continue Reading →
Pattinattar : I left the world
Pattinattar was a 10th c. Tamil Shaivite, and one of the greatest poets of that tradition. Like others in the Siddha tradition, he was strongly against ritualism and the caste Continue Reading →