Quotes
Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion - Paul Theroux
The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Old Irish saying
Pir Inayat Khan, the great Sufi saint who lived in Delhi in the 20th century, referred to this distinction as ‘living *the* religion’ versus ‘belonging to *a* religion’. He was emphatic that there was only *one* religion that we could *live*. If, in our day-to-day life we live the life of a true Muslim, Inayat Khan said, we are automatically also living the life of a true Hindu, a true Christian, a true Sikh, and a true Jew, for self-control becomes the essence of our existence. Sectarian considerations come into the picture only when we stop living *the* religion and instead see ourselves as ‘belonging’ to various religious groups: this leads to sects and divisions, and thereby to vested interests and conflicts.
Pir Inayat Khan, the great Sufi saint who lived in Delhi in the 20th century, referred to this distinction as ‘living *the* religion’ versus ‘belonging to *a* religion’. He was emphatic that there was only *one* religion that we could *live*. If, in our day-to-day life we live the life of a true Muslim, Inayat Khan said, we are automatically also living the life of a true Hindu, a true Christian, a true Sikh, and a true Jew, for self-control becomes the essence of our existence. Sectarian considerations come into the picture only when we stop living *the* religion and instead see ourselves as ‘belonging’ to various religious groups: this leads to sects and divisions, and thereby to vested interests and conflicts.
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