Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Belief is natural, and disbelief is unnatural, for belief is born in man and unbelief is acquired. If the child has been born with unbelief, he would not even have Continue Reading →

 The purification of the mind is fundamental to any progress on the spiritual path, and who can be satisfied that their mind is pure—meaning, free from what does not belong Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan gave this talk in connection with a service of the Universal Worship, and present-day readers might find his reference to ‘military drill,’ and the winding of a Continue Reading →

Moses, the most shining Prophet of the Old Testament, gave to the world the divine Law, the ten commandments, which in reality were the interpretation of the divine Law that he Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan refers in this talk to the story of Krishna and the Gopis.  Briefly, Krishna was raised in a rural community where herds of cows were kept–hence the opportunity Continue Reading →

Hazrat Inayat Khan here gives insight into the essence taught by the example of the Hindu avatar (that is, incarnate Divinity) of the god Vishnu known as Rama. He does Continue Reading →

The Christ ideal is unexplainable in words. The omnipresent intelligence, which is in the rock, in the tree, in the animal, in man shows its gradual unfoldment.  It is a Continue Reading →

Why did I not recognize Thee when first I opened my eyes on the earth? Why did I not respond to Thee when I heard Thy enchanting voice? Why did Continue Reading →

There are two distinct paths opposite to each other, those of the Master and of the Saint. The path of the Master is a path of war, war with outer Continue Reading →