Naqshband Quotes

“You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came beforeDid not forget you.Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara”

“Whoever might perfume a scorpionWill not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband”

“Counsels of BahaudinYou want to be filled. But something which is full has first to be emptied. Empty yourself so that you will fill properly, by observing these counsels, which you can do as duties to yourself:FirstNever follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.”

“There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn through successive and superseding lessons.”

“Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.”

“Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.”