The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Bowl of Saki, June 6, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

We blame others for our sorrows and misfortunes, not perceiving that we ourselves are the creators of our world. Bowl of Saki, June 6, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Externally we are a single being, but internally we are a world. As vast as is the world around us, so vast is the world within. Asif says, 'The limitation of the sky and land cannot be compared with man's heart. If man's heart be wide, there is nothing wider than this.' All can be accommodated in it;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Bowl of Saki, June 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Forbearance, patience and tolerance are the only conditions which keep two individual hearts united. Bowl of Saki, June 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Love teaches the lover patience, forbearance, gentleness, because he thinks, 'My beloved will be displeased; I will be as gentle as possible in my action and in my movements'. These thoughts are a correction to the lover. With every such thought that passes in the life of the lover he corrects himself. Hope is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Bowl of Saki, June 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

The secret of a friend should be kept as one's own secret; the fault of a friend one should hide as one's own fault. Bowl of Saki, June 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: A very important thing in character-building is to become conscious of one's relationship, obligation, and duty to each person in he world, and not to mix that link and connection which is established between oneself and another with a third person. One must consider that everything that is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bowl of Saki, June 3, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

The more elevated the soul, the broader the outlook. Bowl of Saki, June 3, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Attitude is the principle thing in life. It is not the conditions in life which change life for us, but mostly it is our attitude toward life and its conditions upon which depends our happiness or unhappiness.... The attitude becomes high and broad when one looks at life from a higher point of view. When the point of view is not high, the range of man's sight... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bowl of Saki, June 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Words are but the shadows of thought and feelings. Bowl of Saki, June 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Although the elements may be called earth, water, fire, air and ether, this must not be taken literally. Their nature and character, according to the mystics, are different. But, as words are few, one cannot give other names to these elements, although in Sanskrit we have distinctive words for them. 'Ether' is not ether in the scientific sense; it is capacity.... Sign in to see full entry.

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