Indifference: Inayat Khan's Uplifting Teaching
Indifference to oneself, as when a person says, "I do not care what people say; I am not interested in myself; I have other things on my mind."
This piece presents teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927), the Indian musician and Sufi teacher who brought Sufism to the West. His lectures on this theme are collected in The Alchemy of Happiness, volume 6 of The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Inayat Khan, 2015).
Indifference
Indifference to oneself, as when a person says, "I do not care what people say; I am not interested in myself; I have other things on my mind."
Indifference towards an individual/individuals one does not mind whether one lives or dies, one does not mind what happens to one. One does not mind if they love or hate another, whether one profits or doesn't, happy or unhappy -- it's all the same.
Indifference of the 4th kind, "What does it matter whether I pray or not, whether it's good or bad, whether I am perceived in paradise or not".
References
Inayat Khan, H. (2015). The Sufi message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: Vol. 6. The alchemy of happiness. Motilal Banarsidass.
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