The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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The second aspect of religion is the spiritual ideal in man. If ever man has found God manifest on earth it is in the godly. Whenever humanity touches the height of civilization we see the divine manifested in a human being, a human being who in his life expresses God fully. To some that great ideal has appeared and they have called it Jesus Christ. In other parts of the world, among other races and in other times, this same manifestation which human beings felt to be divine was called Buddha or Moses or Mohammed. People followed them, loved them, adored them, helped them in their difficulties. Through them a certain way of living, a harmonious life was given to their followers; the world has always received different manifestations like these whenever it was needed. But the limitation of mankind made them quarrel about the great personalties they each adored, and they have tried to question the greatness and goodness of the teachers of other communities. In this way humanity has become divided into sects.


 
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