‘Automatic’ Concentration

If we wish to accomplish a task, it will require some level of concentration, and the more concentration required, the more difficult we consider the job. Persuading a thread to Continue Reading →

Whatever you love

More than a thousand years ago, a Sufi named Semnun bin Hamza said that, “Whatever one will love, one’s end shall be in that.” Like other simple statements, when one Continue Reading →

In Memory of Amina Begum

Amina Ora Ray Baker Inayat KhanMay 8, 1888 – May 2, 1949 Amina Ora Ray Baker, also called Sharda, was destined to be the support and soul-mate of Hazrat Inayat Continue Reading →

Dargah Retreat 2024

Through the years many students have found inspiration and peace at the Dargah of Hazrat Sufi Inayat Khan in New Delhi. Below is information about a retreat planned there for Continue Reading →

Make a Wish

A group of friends recently had a conversation regarding this saying from the Bowl of Saki for the month of December : Man himself is the tree of desire, and the Continue Reading →

Spread Far and Wide

The Sufi Movement founded by Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan is composed of various activities, among them the activity of the Inner School, and the religious or devotional activity called the Continue Reading →

Until the heart is empty

In the Bowl of Saki for the 28th of March we find this phrase: Until the heart is empty, it cannot receive the knowledge of God. There is hope in this saying, since Continue Reading →

More Dargah Repairs Underway

We have recently reported the completion of stone flooring on the upper terrace of Dargah Sufi Hazrat Inayat Khan. Now work is underway to replace the screens, or jaly work, Continue Reading →

Dignity

The world seems to suffer more pain and disorder every day, and we often burn with frustration as we search for some way to help. If the Sufi path has Continue Reading →

Compassion and Forgiveness

Do you sympathize with others?  Or when you see someone struggling do you look away, trying to ignore their difficulties, attempting perhaps to maintain your focus on your own affairs? The Continue Reading →