Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Inayat Khanwas the founder of The Sufi Order in the West in 1914and teacher of Universal Sufism. He initially came to the West as a Northern Indian classical musician, having received the honorific "Tansen" from the Nizam of Hyderabad, but he soon turned to the introduction and transmission of Sufi thought and practice. Later, in 1923, the Sufi Order of the London period was dissolved into a new organization, formed under Swiss law, called the "International Sufi Movement". His message...
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 July 1882
blow mouths soup
He who once burns his mouth on the hot soup, blows even the buttermilk.
balance our-actions should
There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.
causes sound mystery
Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.
health men doubt
The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.
spiritual views mountain
When we are face to face with truth, the point of view of Krishna, Buddha, Christ, or any other Prophet, is the same. When we look at life from the top of the mountain, there is no limitation; there is the same immensity.
ignorance lack-of-love
All ignorance is the lack of love.
truth names people
People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of their savior, instead of uniting with each other in the truth that is taught.
children joy sorrow
The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow.
struggle self true-power
True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to make a definite change in oneself, and that change is a kind of struggle with one's false self.
adversity opportunity love-is
Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life.
love-is long
As long as in love there is "you" and "me," love is not fully kindled.
want
What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.
sea rocks rising
Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves
tolerance humanity desire
The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.