Wednesday, August 31, 2011
He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever. Bowl of Saki, August 31, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The tendency to doubt, to be depressed, the tendency towards fear, suspicion and confusion, the tendency to puzzle -- where does it all come from? It all comes from the thought of getting something in return: 'will another give me back what I have given him? Shall I get the just portion back, or... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Bowl of Saki, August 30, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
The giver is greater than the gift. Bowl of Saki, August 30, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Besides having one's (own) wish granted, the joy of giving another (person) happiness, that itself is greater than a wish granted, if one has risen to that plane of human evolution when one can enjoy pleasure with the pleasure of another, when one can feel satisfaction in the satisfaction of another, when one can be happy in bringing happiness to another. No one will give... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Bowl of Saki, August 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
A pure life and a clean conscience are as two wings attached to the soul. Bowl of Saki, August 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: A pure life and a clean conscience are as bread and wine for the soul. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_boulas.htm A pure life is the term used to express the effort of man to keep his spiritual being untainted by the false values of the worldly life. It is the constant search for the original self, the desire to reach it, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Bowl of Saki, August 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Death is a tax the soul has to pay for having had a name and a form. Bowl of Saki, August 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: All that is constructed is subject to destruction; all that is composed must be decomposed; all that is formed must be destroyed; that which has birth has death. But all this belongs to matter; the spirit which is absorbed by this formation of matter or by its mechanism lives, for spirit cannot die. from... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Bowl of Saki, August 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
The soul of Christ is the light of the universe. Bowl of Saki, August 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Truth is the soul of religion. When Jesus came to earth he did not say, 'I have brought you a new religion never heard of by you or your ancestors.' He said he had not come to give a new law but to fulfill the law; in other words, 'I have come to continue giving you that which you have received before and have not understood.' There are scriptures that mankind... Sign in to see full entry.