[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by sentient

Sufism and Zen .....

When Inayat Khan, the Sufi teacher, came to America some ten years ago, I (Nyogen Senzaki) met him in San Francisco.

Inayat Khan smiled at me and asked, “Mr. Senzaki, will you tell me what the significance of Zen is?”

I remained silent for a little while, and then smiled at him. He smiled back at me. Our dialogue was over.

https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Sufism-Senzaki.pdf

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I practiced under Pir Vilayat Khan, the son of Hazrat Inayat Khan who left the earth plane in 1927. That story says it all.