Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan offered insight into the significance of a number of religious symbols, such as the cross, the sun, the flute of Krishna and others, and the Inner Call Continue Reading →

There are two different temperaments that we generally see in the world. One says, ‘I will not hear music on Sunday, it is a religious day. The liking for colors Continue Reading →

Beauty, which a knower appreciates and a lover admires, is worshipped by the mystic. It is useless to try to put into words what beauty is; but if anything can Continue Reading →

Life and death are contrary aspects of one thing and that is the change.  If there remains anything of death with the soul who has passed away from this earth Continue Reading →

The following address was given by Hazrat Inayat Khan to Cherags of the Universal Worship, which is to say, those who are trained and ordained to perform this worship service, Continue Reading →

The environment helps towards the accomplishment of the desired object. Things that are around you in the house, the clothes your wear, the food you eat, the people you meet, Continue Reading →

Pain has two origins: the mind and the body. Sometimes it is caused by the mind and held by the body, and sometimes it is caused by the body and Continue Reading →

There is a belief–and many have this belief–that external help can be had to further one’s attainment, help from saints, sages, masters, spirits, or angels. No doubt there is a Continue Reading →

The Mirror of the Heart A clear vision depends upon a clear heart, open to reflection. Jelaluddin Rumi begins his Masnavi by speaking about the mirror-quality of the heart; also Continue Reading →

The power of thought is sometimes greater than the power of word and of action, although the thought with the word is greater, and thought and word together with action Continue Reading →