Category: Letters to mureeds

There is a phrase in English that indicates something is very easy to do: it is child’s play.  In this case play means something simple, uncomplicated, and done for our Continue Reading →

The version of the poem ‘O Friend, Hope for Him‘ by Kabir Das, published here, gives a clear warning to us, urging us to arise from our slumbers and make Continue Reading →

Sometimes people wonder why Sufis seem to place such importance upon the graves of saints.  There is, of course, a custom all over the world to regard any grave with Continue Reading →

Last month, following the Visalat celebrations, a group of mureeds gathered at the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan for a retreat.  For eight days, we prayed, meditated, studied Sufi teachings, Continue Reading →

When we recite the prayer Salat, the words focus our minds upon a manifestation of the Ideal which has been seen again and again throughout history: the prophet, the messenger Continue Reading →

At the end of the Summer School in Suresnes in 1926 Hazrat Inayat Khan made a quiet departure for India; he left his wife and children behind in France, and Continue Reading →

In a recent post, Hazrat Inayat gave an insight into the parable about the ten virgins, five of whom were ready with oil in their lamps when the bridegroom came, Continue Reading →

In the Vadan, there is the following saying : ‘The best way to love is to serve.’  This is easily understandable in the human context, for the parents serve the Continue Reading →

We recently published a re-tellling of the old story about Nasruddin making soup, a cheerful tale that seems to offer a whole pot full of wisdom.  Like many such stories, Continue Reading →

Since the beginning of awareness, people have tried to explain human behaviour, ascribing our actions, for example, to various motives such as the need to compete for food or the Continue Reading →