Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan now clearly describes the role of belief, and the steps through belief may evolve. The previous post in the series is here. A constant ‘why’ arises in Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to consider what a Sufi believes, or in other words if there is any belief that is specific to Sufism. The previous post in the Continue Reading →

Having spoken in previous posts about initiation, and about the practices which are given to a mureed, Hazrat Inayat Khan now speaks about the attitude and discipline that will help Continue Reading →

In the previous post of the series, Hazrat Inayat Khan began to speak of the need to keep secret one’s practices in the Sufi path, and here he concludes this Continue Reading →

Having spoken about the place of initiation in the path of the Sufi, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to speak of the consequence of this journey, and the teaching that Continue Reading →

At the conclusion of the previous post, Hazrat Inayat Khan mentioned the first of three ways of trusting in the path of initiation. The second way of trusting is to Continue Reading →

Having spoken in general terms about the ideal of the Sufi, Hazrat Inayat Khan now begins to address the path of initiation in the spiritual school of Sufism. In considering Continue Reading →

This post begins a concise but profound consideration of just what a ‘Sufi’ is. According to this first instalment, almost all could be called Sufi, but on the other hand Continue Reading →

This post concludes the present series, with the completion of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s explanation of Sama and Qawwali music in the Sufi tradition, begun in the previous post. In the Continue Reading →

As he begins the concluding portion of his description of some aspects of Sufism, Hazrat Inayat now speaks of the place of music in Sufi practice. The previous post is Continue Reading →