Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan now concludes this brief series on initiation and the journey he calls ‘inner study.’ The previous post in the series is here. A person may study a Continue Reading →

Continuing with his theme, Hazrat Inayat Khan considers and lays aside doctrines and common concepts regarding the inner work. The previous post is here. Intellectual study may last the whole Continue Reading →

In this series of posts, Hazrat Inayat Khan gives a clear and very direct explanation of what inner study is and why the Sufi undertakes it. Why do Sufis study Continue Reading →

In the previous instalment, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to speak of some of the attitudes which prevent people from seeking initiation. He continues this theme here, and concludes with an Continue Reading →

In the preceding post in this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to speak of a sense of bewilderment that may accompany ‘natural’ initiation. This bewilderment produces a kind of pessimism Continue Reading →

In part I of this series Hazrat Inayat Khan began by speaking of the first aspect, the natural, spontaneous initiation. With every step forward that the soul takes on the Continue Reading →

As Hazrat Inayat Khan observes here, to take initiative and seek initiation on the spiritual path can provoke strong reactions from those around us, although it may be the right Continue Reading →

To conclude his series of teachings on symbology, Hazrat Inayat Khan now give insight into a profound, mystical image from the religion of Islam. A story survives in Islam about Continue Reading →

During 1924 Hazrat Inayat Khan answered some questions about the teachings in “The Soul: Whence and Whether.” The question reported below does not clarify which ‘types’ referred are being referred Continue Reading →

After his explanation of the importance of symbology, Hazrat Inayat Khan now completes the symbolic meaning of the tongues of flame described in the Book of Acts in the New Continue Reading →