Urs program at the Dargah 2024
Visalat Day, the annual commemoration of the passing of Hazrat Inayat Khan on the 5th of February, is always observed with a number of activities at the master’s Dargah in Continue Reading →
Category: Letters to mureeds
Letters to mureeds on the Sufi path
Balancing the earth and the sky
Before communications technology reduced our vast globe to a global village, the feeling of compassion for our neighbour was often limited to ‘line of sight.’ The suffering of those who are Continue Reading →
Dargah Flooring Complete
In an earlier post the Inner Call showed the work underway to replace the flooring of the upper terrace where the mazar or tomb of Hazrat Inayat Khan is placed. Continue Reading →
With Courage and Hope
Prayer for the New Year O Thou, who abidest in our hearts,Most Merciful and Compassionate God,Lord of Heaven and Earth,We forgive others their trespasses and ask Thy forgiveness of our shortcomings.We Continue Reading →
What will you gather?
As this is written we are about to reach the December solstice, and shortly after that we will celebrate the New Year – both moments that strongly evoke the ever-turning Continue Reading →
What Does it Mean to be Perfect?
We spill things, we forget our passwords, we miss the birthdays of friends and family, perhaps we consistently type ‘form’ when we mean ‘from.’ But as Hazrat Inayat Khan pointed Continue Reading →
Teach us Thy forgiveness
The Sufi path points us toward ‘the One,’ towards a Unity that is perfection. But as we mostly live in an imperfect, divided state, our world picture is of ‘me,’ Continue Reading →
Are you a believer?
Do you have a belief? Some may say yes, some may doubt, and some may say, ‘No, I do not believe in anything.’ The response depends upon what we think Continue Reading →
In the Shade of a Tree
When Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan founded the Sufi Movement, one of the objects enshrined in its articles was : To help to bring the world’s two opposite poles, East and West, closer together by Continue Reading →
Have You Been to Venice?
Our conversation was started by a phrase from the Bowl of Saki, for the 19th of September : The teacher, however great, can never give his knowledge to the pupil; Continue Reading →