The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Friday, March 29, 2019

According to his evolution, man knows truth.

According to his evolution, man knows truth. Bowl of Saki, March 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Every person's desire is according to his evolution. That for which he is ready is desirable for him. Milk is a desirable food for the infant, other foods for the grown-up person. Every stage in life has its own appropriate and desirable things. from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_30.htm When one realizes the ultimate truth, one comes to understand that one single... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Until the heart is empty, it cannot receive the knowledge of God.

Until the heart is empty, it cannot receive the knowledge of God. Bowl of Saki, March 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: When a person comes to take a lesson on any subject, and he brings his own knowledge with him, the teacher has little to teach him, for the doors of his heart are not open. His heart that should be empty in order to receive knowledge is occupied by the knowledge that he already had acquired. from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VIII/VIII_2_7.htm It is not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

We start our lives trying to be teachers; it is very hard to learn to ...

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 Hazrat 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 https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IX/IX_35.htm We often start... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Man is closer to God than the fishes are to the ocean.

Man is closer to God than the fishes are to the ocean. Bowl of Saki, March 26, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: One day Inayat was praying on the roof of the house, offering his prayers and he thought to himself that there had not been an answer yet to all the prayers he had offered to God and he did not know where God was to hear his prayers and he could not reconcile himself to going on praying to the God whom he knew not. He went fearlessly to his father and said: "I do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 24, 2019

He who is filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for

He who is filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for the knowledge of God. Bowl of Saki, March 25, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Hazrat Inayat Khan: A man filled with earthly knowledge -- and what he calls learning is often only the knowledge of names and forms -- has no capacity for the knowledge of truth or God. It is the innocent and pure soul who has a capacity for learning. When a person comes to take a lesson on any subject, and he brings his own knowledge with... Sign in to see full entry.

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