Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan continues to describe the stage of ‘recognising’ God, telling two insightful stories to illustrate the thought. The previous post may be found here. Think of how the Continue Reading →

In the first instalment of this series, Hazrat Inayat Khan explained that there are our relation to God takes five forms, the first being ‘idealising.’ Here he continues with the Continue Reading →

In this post, we begin a short, very clear explanation of our relation to the Divine Presence, and our journey toward that goal. Our relation to God is understood in Continue Reading →

This brief lecture by Hazrat Inayat Khan is a jewel of precious teachings for the dedicated mureed, and delivered in a very informal, intimate style. In the first paragraph, his Continue Reading →

In this brief lecture, Hazrat Inayat Khan shows that both inner and outer experience are necessary for guidance to help us. This lecture complements the posts on ‘The Inner Voice’, Continue Reading →

With this post, we conclude the lecture of Hazrat Inayat Khan on the theme of the inner voice. The first instalment may be found here. The next step of inspiration Continue Reading →

In the prayer Khatum we say, ‘Open our hearts, that we may hear Thy voice, which constantly cometh from within.’ With this post we begin a short series of teachings Continue Reading →

With this post we conclude the series of teachings by Hazrat Inayat Khan on Awakening. The previous post may be found here, and the initial post in the series is Continue Reading →

Continuing with the extensive teaching on the awakening of the soul, Hazrat Inayat Khan now emphasises that it means simply awakening from a dream to reality, just as the passage Continue Reading →

Following a short lecture on the subject of conventionality, given on Saturday, July 21st, 1923, Hazrat Inayat Khan answered questions from his students. The general idea of social convention has Continue Reading →