Visalat Day 2023
Dear friends, today, February 5th, is the anniversary of the departure from this earth of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Among the Sufis, this day is called his ‘Urs’, a word that Continue Reading →
Category: English
Hazrat Inayat : Illusion and Reality pt II
Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his discussion of the need to turn from the false to the true. The previous post is here. If we call the appearance of what is Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Problem of the Day pt VIII (Spanish version)
Harzat Inayat: El problema de hoy pt. VIII Habiendo hablado sobre el fundamento de la moralidad, que de hecho es la búsqueda de la verdadera felicidad, Hazrat Inayat Khan considera Continue Reading →
Dadu Dayal : The Creator is Playing the Instrument in Perfect Harmony
This poem celebrates the liberating power of sound and vibration. For more about the 16th c. mystic and poet Dadu Dayal, particularly honoured amongst the Sikhs, see this earlier post. Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Illusion and Reality pt I
Few things are more frustrating than to be told, when we are suffering from some pain or other, whether physical, mental or emotional, that it is only an illusion, that Continue Reading →
Janabai : You leave your greatness behind you
The Marathi mystic and poet Janabai – who calls herself Jani in this poem – worked all her life as a domestic servant or ‘dasi’, in a home in which Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Spirit and Matter pt VIII
With this post we conclude Hazrat Inayat Khan’s explanation of the unity of spirit and matter. The previous instalment in the series is here. The soul is likened to a Continue Reading →
Five Wishes pt V
We have been looking at the conclusion of the prayer Khatum. The name of the prayer means ‘completion,’ so we could anticipate that there would be a suitable summation of the Continue Reading →
Basava : The Eating Bowl is Not One Bronze
Basava, born in what is now Karnataka, was a 12th c. statesman, philosopher-poet and devotee of Shiva. While serving as the prime minister, he greatly energised the Shiva bhakti movement, Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Spirit and Matter pt VII
Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his theme, explaining that matter absorbs spirit to different degrees. He also makes reference to the scientist Charles Darwin, and the search for the ‘missing link,’ Continue Reading →