Category: Glimpses

I once saw in India [said Hazrat Inayat Khan] a sage whom I knew to be very deep, a man of high attainment, and he was laughing at nothing. I Continue Reading →

I was once in the presence of a very great saint and mystic [said Hazrat Inayat Khan]. He was a classmate* of my Murshid. He performed many miracles and was Continue Reading →

One day [said Hazrat Inayat Khan] my murshid sent a man, a servant with a message to me. I was coming in my usual way. And when this servant, when Continue Reading →

The following recollection offered by Hazrat Inayat Khan touches on the subtle interaction between mind and the physical body, a theme which is subject to many theories and much speculation. Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan told the following story, from his youth in India. Love can take many forms, even that of indifference. I remember I went once, for a relative, to Continue Reading →

One day [said Hazrat Inayat Khan] a person put some colours on a paper and showed it to me, saying, “People cannot understand this deep idea, but you will understand Continue Reading →

When the young but already highly celebrated musician Inayat Khan came to Hyderabad in the early 1900’s, he met there Sayyed Mohammed Abu Hashim Madani, the murshid who was destined Continue Reading →

Once, [said Hazrat Inayat Khan] I was with a man who was in the habit of meditating. While we were sitting near the fire and talking about things, he went Continue Reading →

Once [writes Hazrat Inayat Khan] I was introduced in New York to a scientist who was also a philosopher. The first thing he said about his accomplishment was, “I have Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan tells this story of his life as a musician in India, but it could have occurred in any country. In my early days of work I once Continue Reading →