The Bowl of Saki (for every one) for Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

To learn to adopt the standard of God, and to cease to wish to make the wor

To learn to adopt the standard of God, and to cease to wish to make the world conform to one's own standard of good, is the chief lesson of religion. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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A man's inclination is the root of the tree of his life.

A man's inclination is the root of the tree of his life. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The real inclination of every life is to attain to something which can not be touched or comprehended or understood. The hidden blessing of this knowledge is the first step to perfection. Once awake to this fact, man sees there is something in life that will make him really happy and give him his heart's desire. He can say, 'Though there are many things in life... Sign in to see full entry.

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Do not limit God to your virtue. He is beyond your virtues, O pious ones!

Do not limit God to your virtue. He is beyond your virtues, O pious ones! Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: There is no such thing as impossible. All is possible. Impossible is made by the limitation of our capacity of understanding. Man, blinded by the law of nature's working, by the law of consequences which he has known through his few years life on earth, begins to say, 'This is possible and that is impossible.' If he were to rise beyond... Sign in to see full entry.

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