We start our lives trying to be teachers; it is very hard to learn to be a pupil. Bowl of Saki, March 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The principal teaching of Sufism is that of learning to become a pupil, for it is the pupil who has a chance of becoming a teacher, and once a person considers that he is a teacher, his responsiveness is gone. The greatest teachers of the world have been the greatest pupils. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IX/IX_35.htm We often... Sign in to see full entry.