Category: Letters to mureeds

The text by Hazrat Inayat Khan about the flute of Krishna posted recently throws abundant light upon a phrase from the Gayan that was not long ago the subject of Continue Reading →

When this blog, The Inner Call, began over two years ago, it was not a clearly defined project – it was more of an experiment, to see if this method Continue Reading →

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 →