Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan continues his explanation of the ways in which virtually all people show forms of intoxication. The previos post in the series is here. The more one thinks Continue Reading →

There are many Sufi poems praising the wine of the Beloved, but in the series of teachings that begins with this post, Hazrat Inayat Khan offers a very deep and Continue Reading →

In this final instalment of the series, Hazrat Inayat Khan shows how the love of beauty leads to the fulfilment of life. The previous post may be found here. In Continue Reading →

Having shown the depth of spirituality in the artistic impulse, Hazrat Inayat Khan now speaks about the importance of art in the life of ‘ordinary’ people. The previous post is Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan now widens the circle: all that one does may be considered an art if one is properly tuned, and similarly, if we are properly tuned to the Continue Reading →

Continuing with his theme, Hazrat Inayat Khan explains the need for art and its role as a completion of nature. The first post in the series is here. No doubt Continue Reading →

In the first instalment of this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan directs us to the infinite beauty expressed by the Creator in the art of nature. People belonging to different faiths Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan here gives a brief view of art, by which he means the pictorial arts and perhaps also sculpture, in comparison with the unlimited work of art which Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan often speaks of rhythm in connection with both the inner and the outer life, and in these few sentences he makes it more clear how this principe Continue Reading →

In this brief lecture about music and harmony, Hazrat Inayat Khan speaks of ‘soul-made’ and ‘man-made’ music, and declares that the harmony of the world may only be found through Continue Reading →