Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Not all students can really be called disciples, as Hazrat Inayat Khan explains in this instalment of our ongoing series on initiation. The previous post in the series may be Continue Reading →

The idea of God is a means for the Sufi to rise from imperfection to Perfection, which is suggested in the Bible: “Be ye perfect, as your Father in Heaven Continue Reading →

In this instalment of the continuing series on initiation, Hazrat Inayat Khan outlines five lessons that the student may learn on the path. The previous post in the series may Continue Reading →

In this further instalment in the series of teachings on initiation, Hazrat Inayat Khan emphasises the need for idealism and the development of consideration. The previous post in the series Continue Reading →

In the previous post in the series of teachings on initiation, Hazrat Inayat Khan discussed what he calls ‘natural’ initiation, and here he goes on to explain the initiation at Continue Reading →

As he continues his series of teachings on the important topic of initiation, Hazrat Inayat Khan here speaks of ‘natural’ initiation, by which he means an awakening or alteration that Continue Reading →

In this instalment of the teachings on initiation, Hazrat Inayat Khan addresses the question of degrees of initiation. Most traditions have levels or degrees of initiation, and it is is Continue Reading →

As the world faces the crisis of contagion, one friend reminded The Inner Call of the following passage in which Hazrat Inayat Khan points out that ‘infection’ is not always Continue Reading →

Here is a further instalment in the important series of teachings from Hazrat Inayat Khan about initiation. The previous posting may be found here. In the second paragraph, Hazrat Inayat Continue Reading →

The Tanas chapter of the Gayan is described as the soul speaking with nature, and it includes brief exchanges with thing like the waves of the sea, the storm, the Continue Reading →