Om Sai Ram~~~
Sayings of Khwaja Mu'inuddin Chishti~~~
~~A friend of God must have affection like the Sun. When the sun rises, it is beneficial to all irrespective of whether they are Muslim, Christian, or Hindu.
~~A friend of God must be generous like a river. We all get water from the river to quench our thirst. It does not discriminate whether we are good or bad or whether we are a relation or a stranger.
~~A friend of God must display the hospitality like the earth. We are raised and cradled in its lap, and yet it is always under our feet.
~~The noise of the lover is only while he has not seen his Beloved. Once he sees the beloved, he becomes calm and quiet, just as the rivers are boisterous before they join the ocean, but when they do so, there are becalmed forever.
~~The Enlightened becomes perfect only when all else is removed from in-between him and the Friend. Either he remains or the Friend.
~~Whosoever received any blessings, received them due to his generosity.
~~The Enlightened is one, who does not keep anything dear to his heart except the remembrance of God.
~~There are such lovers of God, whom the love of God has made quiet to an extent that they do not know that there is anything else existing in the world.
~~When one comes on the path of love of the Friend, he becomes nonexistent (loses himself).
~~The heart of the Enlightened should be such that, it may efface everything, and may be exclusively devoted to the Glorious vision of the Friend.
~~There are four cardinal virtues of the individual self:
(i) refraining from begging in the state of poverty;
(ii) showing the attitude of being well-fed when feeling hungry;
(iii) maintaining a cheerfulness in the time of sorrow; and
(iv) befriending the enemy.
~~The spiritual disciple deserves to be called a Dervish only when he lives in the world with no self-interest.
~~The lovers of God hear the talk of the Friend directly.
~~A sin committed does not harm an individual so much as looking down upon one's own fellow human beings.
Jai Sai Ram~~~