Sunday, November 2, 2008
It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground; one...
Bowl of Saki for November 2 It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground; one has to deal with much mud in digging before one reaches the water of life. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Love is life, and life is symbolized by water....
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Self stands as a wall between man and God.
Bowl of Saki for November 1 Self stands as a wall between man and God. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan God speaks to everyone, not only to the messengers and teachers. He speaks to the ears of every heart, but it is not every heart which hears it. His...
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Earthly knowledge is as clouds dimming the sight, and it is the breaking...
Bowl of Saki for October 31 Earthly knowledge is as clouds dimming the sight, and it is the breaking of these clouds - in other words, purity of heart - that gives the capacity for the knowledge of God to rise. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan We all are...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
We start our lives as teachers, and it is very hard for us to learn to ...
Bowl of Saki for October 30 We start our lives as teachers, and it is very hard for us to learn to become pupils. There are many whose only difficulty in life is that they are teachers already. What we have to learn is pupilship. There is but one Teacher, God Himself. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Man mistakes when he begins to cultivate the heart by wanting to ...
Bowl of Saki for October 29 Man mistakes when he begins to cultivate the heart by wanting to sow the seed himself, instead of leaving the sowing to God. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan The Sufis have learned the lesson of love, of devotion, of sympathy,...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The man filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for...
Bowl of Saki for October 28 The man filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for the knowledge of Truth. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan A man filled with earthly knowledge and what he calls learning, is often only the knowledge of...
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According to his evolution, man knows the truth; and the more he knows,...
Bowl of Saki for October 27 According to his evolution, man knows the truth; and the more he knows, the more he finds there is to know. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Which is the most desirable thing in life, to seek for the goal or to dwell in this...
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It is more important to find out the truth about one's self, than to find..
Bowl of Saki for October 26 It is more important to find out the truth about one's self, than to find out the truth of heaven and hell. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan What is it then in man which says 'I' and identifies itself with what it sees? It is not...
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True self-denial is losing one's self in God.
Bowl of Saki for October 25 True self-denial is losing one's self in God. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Man, absorbed from morning till evening in his occupations which engage his every attention to the things of the earth and of self interest, remains...
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Friday, October 24, 2008
The source of the realization of truth is within man; he himself is...
Bowl of Saki for October 24 The source of the realization of truth is within man; he himself is the object of his realization. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Men have differed in all ages because they have called their Deity by different names. There have...
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