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
thoughtful mind mastery
He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of his intention... It is not till a person has gained mastery over his mind, till he is above this activity, that he is a ruling power, a true person.
men giving understanding
What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.
spiritual perseverance heaven
Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief is crystallized into faith. We cannot pay for it in any form, in any way, by our goodness, by our piety, by our great qualities, merits, or virtues; nothing. It is a gift, and all we can do is receive it.
men demand explanation
It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.
men path-of-love return
It is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.
healing capable
Consciously or unconsciously, every being is capable of healing himself or others.
lying rely-upon meditation
The one thing to rely upon is God's favor. Do not build either on your study or on your meditation, although they both help you. But you are dependent on God, not even on your murshid. Seek Him, trust Him. In Him lies your life's purpose, and in Him is hidden the rest of your soul.
love heart break
God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.
inspirational nature animal
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
intuition failing
My intuition never fails me, it is I who fail when I do not listen to it.
heart inspire quietness
My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.
people tolerance grudge
If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.
thinking people ignorant
When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For he did not see in the wrongdoer what the others saw. To distinguish between right and wrong is not the work of an ordinary mind, and the curious thing is that the more ignorant a person is, the more ready he is to do so.
thinking knowing appreciate
We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.