The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Understanding

Understanding makes the trouble of life lighter to bear. Bowl of Saki, August 1, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: We often suffer because we do not understand. Many conditions and many people are difficult to tolerate because we do not understand them, but once we understand we can tolerate almost anything. from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/IX/IX_7.htm All tragedy of life, all misery and inharmony are caused by one thing and that is lack of understanding. Lack of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 30, 2018

God is Real

Among a million believers in God there is scarcely one who makes God a reality. Bowl of Saki, July 30, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: If only we could recognize the inner voice, we would see that the different scriptures all contain words spoken by one and the same voice. Some hear the voice, others only hear the words, just as in nature some see only the branches and others the roots of the tree; but all these different scriptures and ways of worship and of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 29, 2018

Love and Understanding

To love is one thing, to understand is another. He who loves is a devotee, but he who understands is a friend. Bowl of Saki, July 29, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: It is sometimes asked why, if God is all-pervading, there is need of the special manifestation of a messenger such as Krishna, Buddha, or Jesus. The answer is given in the words of the Bhagavad-Gita where Shri Krishna says, 'When Dharma is hindered, then I am born.' This means that a manifestation,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Belief and Disbelief

Belief and disbelief have divided mankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the oneness of all life. Bowl of Saki, July 27, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: For the Sufi there exists no one in this world, neither heathen nor pagan, who is to be despised, for he believes in that God who is not the God of one chosen sect but the God of the whole world. He does not believe in a God of one nation, but in the God of all nations. To him God is in all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

God is beyond Purpose

Every purpose has a birth and death; therefore, God is beyond purpose. Bowl of Saki, July 26, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Then again it may be said, there is a purpose above each purpose, and there is again a purpose under each purpose; and yet beyond and beneath all purposes there is no purpose. from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/I/I_I_2.htm That which we call composition and decomposition and construction and destruction of things, all those are due to change,... Sign in to see full entry.

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