The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Monday, November 5, 2018

True repentance

To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of heaven. Bowl of Saki, November 5, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: There are many different feelings which have an influence upon us, and which give a feeling of joy, of exaltation, but there is no sentiment greater or more effective than the feeling of bringing one's faults and weaknesses before God to ask for His pardon. To become conscious of one's shortcomings, to be sorry for them, to repent of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Power of Prayer

By the power of prayer, man opens the door of the heart, in which God, the ever-forgiving, the all-merciful, abides. Bowl of Saki, November 4, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: There are three kinds of people among those who offer prayer. One person in praying feels he is fulfilling a certain duty, which he considers to be one among the other duties of life.... The second kind of person who offers prayers is the one who prays because he has been taught to do so, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 2, 2018

Digging through the muck

It is a patient pursuit to bring water from the depth of the ground; one has to deal with much mud in digging before one reaches the water of life. Bowl of Saki, November 2, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Love is life, and life is symbolized by water. When one wants to bring water up out of the ground one has to dig for it, and the first thing which one finds is mud. And if one is disappointed by that, one has fooled oneself, for beneath the earth is water; it can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Self stands as a wall between man And God

Self stands as a wall between man and God. Bowl of Saki, November 1, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: God speaks to everyone, not only to the messengers and teachers. He speaks to the ears of every heart, but it is not every heart which hears it. His voice is louder than the thunder, and His light is clearer than the sun -- if one could only see it, if one could only hear it. In order to see it and in order to hear it man should remove this wall, this barrier which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Earthly knowledge is as clouds dimming the sight, and it is the breaking of these clouds - in other words, purity of heart - that gives the capacity for the knowledge of God to rise. Bowl of Saki, October 31, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: We all are pupils, and what we can do in life is to qualify ourselves to become true pupils. It is the receptivity of our heart and the passivity of our mind, it is the eagerness, the thirst and hunger after truth, it is the... Sign in to see full entry.

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