Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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 →

If anybody asks you: “What is Sufism? What religion is it?” you may answer, “Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which one thing is most important, Continue Reading →

The service of the Universal Worship offers sincere respect to various world religions, and obviously our reverence will have more meaning if we have some insight into the teaching of each belief.  Here, Continue Reading →

There are three kinds among those who are in the habit of offering prayer. There is one who by praying fulfils a certain duty which he considers as one among Continue Reading →

Sometimes the question is asked: “How can we make God intelligible?” You can make a chair intelligible by touching, by looking at it and seeing how it is made. You Continue Reading →