Rules of the naqshbandi Quotes

“If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.”

“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.”

“When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.”

“Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society.”

“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.”

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

“Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion.”

“The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.”

“And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence?”