The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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If someone is sitting with a rosary on the steps of a sanctuary, the world will say, "He is very virtuous." If another is walking in the slums, or sitting in the cafes, he may be inwardly very virtuous, but from the mere fact of his walking in the slums, the world will never say that he is virtuous. There are the lovers of God, and there are the sellers of God. If there is one with a rosary and a long beard, sitting in the shrine, all the world will go to him, a holy being. He makes a show, a trade, of his piety. And there are the lovers of God. They do not make any profession of love of God. He says, "Inwardly be a friend and outwardly it does not matter." This manner is little found in the world.


 
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