Category: Letters to mureeds

A few days ago we posted a tale in which the ever-resourceful, sometimes wise and often foolish Mullah Nasruddin promoted the virtue of his hen because she did not chatter Continue Reading →

We recently posted the story recounted by Hazrat Inayat Khan about the mystic or murshid who saw a mureed in danger while looking in a mirror, and who smashed the Continue Reading →

In this recently posted tale, our friend Mullah Nasruddin has a conversation with the Creator about what the Mullah perceives as a flaw in God’s creation: why should an enormous Continue Reading →

In the song of Milarepa,’ I Have Forgotten,’ posted here, the Tibetan mystic sings of the beneficial effects of various meditations and practices, by means of which, as he says, Continue Reading →

A recent post about evolution quoted the earnest entreaty of Mevlana Rumi to consider how precious we are, and not to sell ourselves for little price.  The post concluded with this question: To Continue Reading →

When Hazrat Inayat Khan spoke to an audience in Chicago in 1926 about the soul, a lecture posted in instalments here, here and here, one of his first points was Continue Reading →

The recent post about not judging provoked some interesting correspondence, both online and in private messages.  It appears that Jesus recognised a very human tendency when he gave his counsel Continue Reading →

Judge not, or you will be judged, said Jesus.  What does that mean?  Did the Master want to tell us there is some divine ‘filter’ system, an algorithm perhaps, that Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan sometimes told the story of a westerner coming to a sage of China and asking to be taught the occult laws.  The sage, puzzled perhaps, or perhaps Continue Reading →

In a recent post from The Hundred Letters, Sharafuddin Maneri described the spiritual process as having three steps, the first being the path of Law; by observation of the law, Continue Reading →