Category: Letters to mureeds

In the posted text by Hazrat Inayat Khan about the purity of mind, he tells us that it is the constant running of the love stream that will wash away impurities, Continue Reading →

To go to a tomb or a shrine is to be comforted according to the force of our desire and our responsiveness.  That the body is resting there has its Continue Reading →

The recently posted piece of poetry by Umar Ibn al-Farid speaks of being ‘free from the idolatry of difference.’  What could that mean?  Is there some wisdom in the phrase that Continue Reading →

Dear friends and readers, emails are starting to arrive privately, saying that comments on articles posted here have been rejected as ‘spam.’  I am very sorry for this, but in Continue Reading →

In the introduction to the recent post of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s reflections on Rama, the term ‘Avatar’ was mentioned.  This is a Sanskrit word indicating the divine fully manifest in Continue Reading →

In the recent post about the Religion of the Heart, Hazrat Inayat Khan begins by answering a question, one which is certainly sometimes put to us.  He says, “If anybody asks you: Continue Reading →

At the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan, preparations are under way for Visalat Day, the anniversary on February 5th of the day he passed from this world.  The invitation cards have been Continue Reading →

The recently posted text of Hazrat Inayat about the Religion of the Heart indicated there are three steps in this path.  The first two are not difficult to grasp, although Continue Reading →

Recently we posted Hazrat Inayat Khan’s short text on the Buddha, reflecting upon his teaching from a Sufi point of view, a lecture that was probably given in connection with a Continue Reading →