The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Joy and sorrow both are for each other. If it were not for joy, sorrow ...

Bowl of Saki for September 1 Joy and sorrow both are for each other. If it were not for joy, sorrow could not be; and if it were not for sorrow, joy could not be experienced. Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan Life is differentiated by the pairs of opposites. from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/say/gayan_boulas.htm If there was no pain one would not enjoy the experience of joy. It is pain which helps one to experience joy. Everything is distinguished by its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who

Bowl of Saki for August 31 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, 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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The giver is greater than the gift.

Bowl of Saki for August 30 The giver is greater than the gift. Bowl of Saki, 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

A pure life and a clean conscience are as two wings attached to the soul.

Bowl of Saki for August 29 A pure life and a clean conscience are as two wings attached to the soul. Bowl of Saki, 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Death is a tax the soul has to pay for having had a name and a form.

Bowl of Saki for August 28 Death is a tax the soul has to pay for having had a name and a form. Bowl of Saki, 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.

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