The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Saturday, March 31, 2018

The Perfection of God

We can never sufficiently humble our limited self before limitless perfection. Bowl of Saki, March 30, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: I have seen with my own eyes souls who have attained saintliness and who have reached to great perfection; and yet such a soul will stand before an idol of stone with another, with a fellow man, and worship, not letting him know that he is in any way more advanced than other men, keeping himself in a humble guise, not making any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Be a Pupil first

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 Pir-o-Murshid 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 26, 2018

How Close is God?

Man is closer to God than the fishes are to the ocean. Bowl of Saki, March 26, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

True or False

GAYAN 048 - BOULA -007 - Be either true or false, for you cannot be both. If we come face to face with truth, it is one and the same. One may look at it from the Christian, from the Buddhist, or from the Hindu point of view, but in reality it is one point of view. One can either be small or large, either be false or true, either not know or know. As long as a person says, 'When I look at the horizon from the top of the mountain I become dizzy; this immensity of space frightens me,' he should not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Namesand Forms

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 Pir-o-Murshid 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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