Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

With this text we conclude our series of linked posts on the three ‘laws’ of life, the Law of Reciprocity, the Law of Beneficence, and the Law of Renunciation.  The Continue Reading →

The following is taken from a longer talk given at a home in California in April, 1926. In every person there is more or less a faculty of perceiving impressions, Continue Reading →

July 5th its the birthday of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan; he was born on this day in 1882, in the large house of his grandfather, Maulabakhsh, in Baroda, India.  Especially during Continue Reading →

We continue with the illuminating series of teachings from Hazrat Inayat Khan on renunciation.  The previous post in this series may be found here. From a practical point of view Continue Reading →

On Saturday, the 15th of May, 1926, Hazrat Inayat Khan addressed the mureeds of the Sufi Center of Detroit for the last time.  The next day he would be leaving Continue Reading →

In May of 1926, near the end of a long visit to America, Hazrat Inayat Khan was in Detroit, where he had renewed a young Sufi center and become good friends Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan said that in our time materialism and commercialism were ever on the increase.  ‘Materialism’ could be understood as meaning a belief in matter alone, with no recognition Continue Reading →

With this post we continue Hazrat Inayat Khan’s explanation of the law of renunciation.  Readers may find the recent post of a text by Nargis Dowland on annihilation relevant to Continue Reading →

We have been exploring Hazrat Inayat Khan\’s teachings on the law of renunciation – the most recent post, on the need to renounce may be found here – and as Continue Reading →

The following is an address given by Hazrat Inayat Khan to a mureed following Initiation.  It has been transmitted to us by Nargis Jessie Dowland (1866-1953), a mureed who wrote Continue Reading →