Hazrat Inayat Khan
Indian musician and Sufi master who introduced Universal Sufism to the West in 1910. Born into a family of Sufi musicians in Vadodara, he was a virtuoso of the vina before he became a mystic. After meeting his teacher Sayyid Muhammad Madani, he was sent westward with the instruction to "harmonize East and West with the music of thy soul." He founded the Sufi Order in the West, taught in Europe and America for seventeen years, and left behind The Sufi Message — fourteen volumes of teachings on love, harmony, beauty, and the unity of religious ideals.
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Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan
106 quotes“What is the gift of God? Life itself.”
lifeThe Bowl of Saki
“There is one Master: the spirit of guidance.”
masterThe Sufi Message
“Each one's own ideal is the gateway to God.”
idealThe Sufi Message
“Forget the false self and you will find the True Self.”
selfGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“The first sign of the awakening of the soul is sympathy.”
awakeningThe Inner Life
“True kindness is to give before being asked.”
kindnessThe Bowl of Saki
“Tranquility is the sign of the developed soul.”
tranquilityThe Inner Life
“He who knows how to give, knows how to live.”
givingGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“The pursuit of pleasure ends in pain. The pursuit of God ends in joy.”
pursuitThe Sufi Message
“All things are seen better in the calm.”
calmThe Inner Life
“The soul is the spark of the divine fire.”
soulThe Sufi Message
“Music has the power to lift the soul above the world.”
musicThe Mysticism of Sound and Music
“To hear is one thing. To listen is another.”
listeningGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“Where the flowers of love bloom, the thorn of bitterness withers.”
loveThe Bowl of Saki
“Beauty in any form lifts the soul to the divine.”
beautyThe Sufi Message
“To attain to silence is the goal of the wise.”
silenceGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“There is no greater message than this: God is love.”
loveThe Sufi Message
“The mystic is one who has gone beyond appearances to the source.”
mysticThe Inner Life
“He who studies himself studies the universe.”
self-studyThe Sufi Message
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