The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Volume SayingsSocial GathekasReligious GathekasThe Message PapersThe Healing PapersVol. 1, The Way of IlluminationVol. 1, The Inner LifeVol. 1, The Soul, Whence And Whither?Vol. 1, The Purpose of LifeVol. 2, The Mysticism of Sound and MusicVol. 2, The Mysticism of SoundVol. 2, Cosmic LanguageVol. 2, The Power of the WordVol. 3, EducationVol. 3, Life's Creative Forces: Rasa ShastraVol. 3, Character and PersonalityVol. 4, Healing And The Mind WorldVol. 4, Mental PurificationVol. 4, The Mind-WorldVol. 5, A Sufi Message Of Spiritual LibertyVol. 5, Aqibat, Life After DeathVol. 5, The Phenomenon of the SoulVol. 5, Love, Human and DivineVol. 5, Pearls from the Ocean UnseenVol. 5, Metaphysics, The Experience of the Soul Through the Different Planes of ExistenceVol. 6, The Alchemy of HappinessVol. 7, In an Eastern Rose GardenVol. 8, Health and Order of Body and MindVol. 8, The Privilege of Being HumanVol. 8a, Sufi TeachingsVol. 9, The Unity of Religious IdealsVol. 10, Sufi MysticismVol. 10, The Path of Initiation and DiscipleshipVol. 10, Sufi PoetryVol. 10, Art: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowVol. 10, The Problem of the DayVol. 11, PhilosophyVol. 11, PsychologyVol. 11, Mysticism in LifeVol. 12, The Vision of God and ManVol. 12, Confessions: Autobiographical Essays of Hazat Inayat KhanVol. 12, Four PlaysVol. 13, GathasVol. 14, The Smiling ForeheadBy DateTHE SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS | Heading Gayan: SongVadan: Playing on Musical InstrumentsNirtan: DanceThe Bowl of Saki |
Sub-Heading -ALL-Alankaras: The fanciful expression of an idea.Suras: God speaking through the kindled soul.Tanas: The soul speaking with nature.Gamakas: A feeling in the Poet's heart, keyed to various notesBoulas: A kindled word.Talas: The rhythmic expression of an ideaChalas: An iliminated word.Aphorisms |
SayingsNirtan: DanceAlankaras: The fanciful expression of an idea.Thou changest thy place, but not thyself, O Light. Unfold Thy secret through nature, and reveal Thy mystery through my heart. Thou art my spirit, I am Thy body, my Holy One. Let the sun of Thy divine spirit rise from my heart, that morning may break out of the darkness of life. I shall penetrate through the black heart of the clouds to reach Thee, my Lord. My life is a wave of the ocean of Thy eternal life. Let my soul become Thy life. Through the darkness of night my soul seeks for Thee. Waken me, Lord, through Thy Warner, while I am asleep in the arms of error. It is Thy spirit of Risalat which is divinity. Thine own desire I see fulfilled, O God, in the perfection of Rasul. I hold an ear to the depth of Thy blessing when the storm breaks through life's sea. Let me recognize Thy divine visage in the image of Thy Message-bearer. My heart is no more mine, it is thine own, my spiritual Guide. Heal my soul by the all-sufficient power that comes from the glance of Thy Messiah. O, your rising waves of favor, And your raging flames of wrath! On the rose they are like dew-drops, On the flame just like the moth. My spiritual Guide, thou bearest in thyself the spirit of Rasul. The dark clouds brought romance between Thee, my Beloved, and me. Let my heart reflect the spirit of the Holy Ones. Let my self turn into Thy being. My vanity! It amuses me to see thee dance at the sight of my limitation. The rapture of my heart shows the mark of Thy kiss. Let Thy perfection be mine, and my imperfection be cleared away as the mist in the sun. My heart! At times one moment is as a year, and at times one year is as a moment to thee. I cry and shed tears when clouds gather round my heart, and when the light of my soul is covered from my sight. Mother's arms receive me when I come to the earth; Father's arms lift me up at the moment when I depart hence. Heart Truth |