Category: Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan

Now I would like to say a few words on the idea of the Sufi point of view. It differs very much from the general point of view. It is Continue Reading →

I want to say about the practices, that practices could be done mechanically, or they could be done whole-heartedly. And the difference is great. I am saying it from my own Continue Reading →

Q: When we deal with persons who are aggressive towards the Message and you in their speaking, what attitude have we to take toward them? A: A perfectly tolerant attitude. Not Continue Reading →

A flower proves to be genuine by its radiance, a fruit proves to be genuine by its sweetness, a soul proves to be genuine by its manner. Spirituality is the Continue Reading →

For those who tread the path of mastery a battery of power is necessary. This battery of power, no doubt, is created by three things: sympathy wakened, self-discipline and self-confidence. Continue Reading →

It is most essential for my mureeds to think what motive, what object they have in their working with the teachings and meditations given in the Sufi Order*. Is it Continue Reading →

There are many different paths: the intellectual path, by which one studies and attains to spiritual perfection; the meditative path, in which one develops spirituality; the path of good action, Continue Reading →

What I have found in my study and experience of the mentality of mureeds is that with one mureed it is most easy to go on further and with another Continue Reading →

As an individual outwardly passes through five different stages of life, so inwardly a soul passes through five different stages of life. As there is infancy, childhood, youth, middle age, Continue Reading →

What offering does the Sufi Message bring to the modern world? It brings intuition to the world of science, harmony to the world of art, unity to the social world, Continue Reading →