Baba Farid : Fathom the ocean
Fariduddin Masud ‘Ganjeshakar’ (1179 – 1266 CE) was a Punjabi Sufi saint and poet. The student of Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Pir of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, he was one of Continue Reading →
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Tales : Leave it
It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin and his wife were walking through the mountains on a very cold day. Because their clothing was very thin – better Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Freedom of the Soul pt III
In this instalment of the series of teachings on spiritual freedom by Hazrat Inayat Khan, he speaks about freedom and mortality. At the conclusion of the previous post, the concept Continue Reading →
Guest Room : My Gift (English/Spanish)
In the recent Serai, participants were asked what they would give Hazrat Inayat Khan as a birthday gift. Darafshan Daniela Anda wrote this in response. My humble gift to Hazrat Continue Reading →
Viladat Inayat
Viladat means nativity or birth, and in the Sufi Movement the 5th of July is called Viladat Day, the birthday of Hazrat Inayat Khan – he was born on this Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Freedom of the Soul pt II
With this post Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his teaching about the freedom of the soul, emphasising the constant longing we feel for freedom, and the inevitable transience of the world Continue Reading →
Glimpses : Young Inayat and the sweets
Once, when Inayat was still very young, it happened that his father brought him home some sweets, but finding the child asleep, put them aside till morning. During the night Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : The Freedom of the Soul pt I
With this post we begin an extensive series of teachings by Hazrat Inayat Khan on the longing of the soul for freedom, and the obstacles to be overcome during our Continue Reading →
Attar : Not worthy of the human
Abu Ḥamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221 CE), commonly known to the world by his pen name Fariduddin Attar, lived in Nishapur, and apparently practiced the Continue Reading →
Tales : Jesus and John and God’s explanation
The following tale – or discourse – is taken from Fiha-Ma-Fiha, the only prose work we have from Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. It is said that Jesus was given very much Continue Reading →