Hazrat Inayat : Man’s aim in life pt II
This post concludes Hazrat Inayat Khan’s brief lecture on the role of desire in our journey toward the goal. The first instalment is here. This whole creation is the result Continue Reading →
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Are you on your own?
We assume that we are independent beings, self governing (except for all the aspects of life we don’t know how to control), and we jealously guard ourselves against any perceived Continue Reading →
Shabistari : A blind man won’t believe
For more about the 13th c. CE Persian mystic Mahmuyd Shabistari, see this post. A blind man won’t believe what you say about coloureven if you spend a hundred years Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Man’s aim in life pt I
With this post we begin a short lecture by Hazrat Inayat Khan on the subject of desire and fulfilment. If we have studied the chapter on the Silent Life in Continue Reading →
Kabir : This body is like a string
For more about the 15th c. CE mystic and poet Kabir, see this earlier post. Seekers, this body is like the stringOf a musical instrument Twist the peg,Tune the stringThe Continue Reading →
Tales : Who was your great-grandfather?
Lord Shiva is said to be beyond birth and death, and that he first manifested as a pillar of light when Brahma and Vishnu were arguing between themselves as to Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions, pt XXI – Eastern training
With this instalment we reach the conclusion of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s reflections on his life, and on Eastern training in spirituality. The previous post in the series is here, and Continue Reading →
Tales : A beloved is always hidden
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is known as “Mahbub-e-Ilahi”, beloved of God. There are many lovers of God but there are only two Sufis known as Mahbub-e-Ilahi. They are Shaikh ‘Abdul-Qadir Jilani Continue Reading →
Kabir : Why wander all over?
For more about the 15th c. CE mystic and poet Kabir, see this earlier post. Your Raam is in your heartWhy wander all over? Such rare gems hidden in the Continue Reading →
Hazrat Inayat : Confessions, pt XX – Eastern training
Having spoken of the training in religion and morality that is common in the East, Hazrat Inayat Khan now describes the consequences of that training on our spiritual development. ‘Chained Continue Reading →