The Bowl of Saki (for every one) for Monday, January 16, 2012

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Monday, January 16, 2012

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

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, January 16, 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Yes, teach your principles of good, but do not think to limit God within...

Yes, teach your principles of good, but do not think to limit God within them. The goodness of each man is peculiar to himself. Bowl of Saki, January 15, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: What is man to judge the doings of God from his limited standard of good and bad? He knows not beyond what he knows. He says he knows if he knows one cause, but there is cause after cause, hidden one behind another; and when once the soul perceives the Cause of all causes, he then... Sign in to see full entry.

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