The Bowl of Saki (for every one)

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Saturday, March 24, 2018

Truth equals tolerance

The first sign of the realization of truth is tolerance. Bowl of Saki, March 24, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: A soul shows the proof of its evolution in the degree of the tolerance it shows. The life in the lower creation shows the lack of tolerance. The tendency of fighting with one another, which one sees among beasts and birds, shows the reason at the back of it, that intolerance is born in their nature.... But when a soul has evolved still more, tolerance... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 23, 2018

Earthly Knowledge

All earthly knowledge is as a cloud covering the sun. Bowl of Saki, March 23, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: Truth is the very self of man. Truth is the divine element in man. Truth is every soul's seeking. Therefore as soon as the clouds of illusion are scattered, that which man now begins to see is nothing but the truth which has been there all the time. He finds that the truth was never absent; it was only covered by clouds of illusion. ~~~ "Supplementary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

The One Teacher

There is one Teacher, God Himself; we are all His pupils. Bowl of Saki, March 22, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: According to the Sufi point of view there is only one teacher, and that teacher is God Himself. No man can teach another man. All one can do for another is to give him one's own experience in order to help him to be successful. For instance if a person happens to know a road, he can tell another man that it is the road which leads to the place he wishes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Overlooking the faults of others

It is wise to see all things, and yet to turn our eyes from all that should be overlooked. Bowl of Saki, March 20, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: It is to the great disadvantage of the fault-finding man that he wishes to find fault with all he sees, for if he is not able to throw away immediately the undesirable impression received, which is not always so easy, he begins in due time to reproduce what he has received.... If man only knew what harm is brought to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 19, 2018

A sincere devotee

It is the sincere devotee who knows best how to humble himself before God. Bowl of Saki, March 19, 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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