Category: Letters to mureeds

In the Silver Rules, found in the Vadan, there is the stern injunction, “Meet your shortcomings with a sword of self-respect.” The words are like a cold shower, waking us Continue Reading →

When a creature is as large as an elephant – large on the human scale – it is easy for us to ascribe symbolic meanings to it. The ‘elephant in Continue Reading →

There are certain activities – dancing is an example – in which it is not only what we do that is important but how we do it. If the choreography Continue Reading →

In the morning of February 5th, 1927, Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan passed from this world in Tilak Lodge, Delhi. For those who have felt the blessing of the Message to Continue Reading →

Some photos of the preparations for the Urs festival.

Visalat Day, the annual commemoration of the passing of Hazrat Inayat Khan, which occurred on the 5th of February, 1927, is always observed with a number of activities at the Continue Reading →

The celebration of the Urs of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan is only a few days off now, and as the word ‘Urs’ means wedding – for it commemorates the moment Continue Reading →

There are certain predictable themes that arise in conversations with any group of spiritual seekers. In such a gathering, there is usually some sensitivity and a longing for change, and Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan taught a message that he described as one of love, harmony and beauty. We respond easily to the word ‘love’ and we may light up at an Continue Reading →