The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

By our thoughts we have prepared for ourselves the happiness or unhappiness

By our thoughts we have prepared for ourselves the happiness or unhappiness we experience. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Fighting with another makes war, but struggling with one's self brings peace. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_talas.htm All our possessions, all that we collect in life, all these things which we shall have to leave one day are transitory; but that which we have created in our thought, in our mind, that lives. A person... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

He is living whose sympathy is awake, and he is dead whose heart is asleep.

He is living whose sympathy is awake, and he is dead whose heart is asleep. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Life's light is love; and when the heart is empty of love, a man is living and yet not living; from a spiritual point of view he is dead. When the heart is asleep, he is as though dead in this life, for one can only love through the heart. But love does not mean give and take. That is only a trade; it's selfishness. To give sixpence and receive... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The whole world's treasure is too small a price to pay for a word that kind

The whole world's treasure is too small a price to pay for a word that kindles the soul. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: A person with his riches knows that he is rich, he need not put on fifty rings to tell everybody how rich he is, but the one who puts on fifty rings is seldom rich. There is a beautiful simile known in India, that it is the empty vessel that makes the noise, when it is filled with water it makes no noise. In short, sincerity is the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Cleverness and complexity are not necessarily wisdom.

Cleverness and complexity are not necessarily wisdom. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Man likes complexity. He does not want to take only one step; it is more interesting to look forward to millions of steps. The one who is seeking the truth gets into a maze, and that maze interests him. He wants to go through it a thousand times more. It is just like children. Their whole interest is in running about; they do not want to see the door and go in until... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Overlook the greatest fault of another, but do not partake of it yourself

Overlook the greatest fault of another, but do not partake of it yourself in the smallest degree. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: For the wise, who have risen above the ordinary faults of human life, it matters little if they find fault, but they are the ones who do not criticize. They, as a rule, overlook all that seems undesirable, and that action of overlooking itself prevents all the undesirable impressions from penetrating through their hearts.... Sign in to see full entry.

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