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What is it??
The Bowl of Saki is a daily non-sectarian inspirational
message from Inayat
Khan, an awe-inspiring spiritual leader from India who
brought a timeless message of Love, Harmony and Beauty to
the Western world in the early 1900's, a message which helps
us to become more acutely aware of the precious spark of divinity within
ourselves and within all of creation.
These messages are not about any new religion, they are simply
reminders of the same glorious ideals that have been given to
us by the great prophets and teachers through the ages.
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will have a picture of Inayat Khan accompanying the daily
inspirational message, and will appear something like this:
Bowl of Saki for February 3
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Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism and philosophy.
Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
Love is the practice of the moral of Suluk, the way of beneficence. The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned. 'Who in life blesses the one who curses him? Who in life admires the one who hates him? Who in life proves faithful to the one who is faithless? No other than a lover.' And in the end the lover's self is lost from his vision and only the beloved's image, the desired vision, is before him for ever.
Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism, and philosophy, and for the one who has learnt this, love fulfills the purpose of religion, ethics, and philosophy, and the lover is raised above all diversities of faiths and beliefs.
from http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/V/V_24.htm
For the Sufi there is one principle which is most essential to be remembered and that is consideration for human feeling. If one practices in his life this one principle he need not learn much more; he need not trouble about philosophy, he need not follow an old or a new religion, for this principle in itself is the essence of all religions. God is love, but where does God dwell? He abides in the heart of man.
~~~ "Sangatha I, Khawas", by Hazrat Inayat Khan (unpublished)
~~~ Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism and philosophy.
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depth of a written phrase, or to clarify the meaning of words
that are unclear, is to lovingly and heartfully connect with
the source of the words. The daily photos of Inayat Khan
which
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What is the Commentary by Inayat Khan??
Each day, small portions of lectures given by Inayat Khan
are included with the Bowl of Saki in order to further
illuminate and enrich the Bowl of Saki message by putting
the words of the quotation into context.
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