Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

With this post we conclude Hazrat Inayat Khan’s discourse on mastery, and get a glimpse of the greatest accomplishment – becoming indifferent to all disturbance. “Resist not evil,” the scripture Continue Reading →

In the previous instalment, Hazrat Inayat Khan speaks of the need to master one’s ego, and the consequent unfolding of the saintly nature. Here he comes to the question, how Continue Reading →

As he continues his description of the journey to mastery, Hazrat Inayat Khan explains the need to adopt the principle of ‘No, it does not matter.’ The previous post may Continue Reading →

Continuing with his explanation of mastery, Hazrat Inayat Khan makes clear that each person needs spiritual training suited to their own nature. His reference to ‘yoga’ is not meant as Continue Reading →

As he begins his teaching on mastery, Hazrat Inayat Khan contrasts the way of the scientist and the way of the mystic. Although to the average person they may seem Continue Reading →

In the following brief lecture about the nature and work of the mind, Hazrat Inayat Khan refers to the five aspects of mind which he describes elsewhere as: identification, or Continue Reading →

Having discussed the interplay of inspiration, free will and circumstance in the first portions of this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan here concludes with a look at the ultimate destiny of Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan here continues with the image from the first part of his lecture, of the creation of a painting, which starts from an initial plan, and evolves through Continue Reading →

Are we the masters of our destiny? In this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan explains that we are made to be so, although we do not always achieve the mastery for Continue Reading →

In this concluding post of this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan gives an illuminating comparison between the art of painting a picture and the art of personality. The previous post in Continue Reading →