 Both gurus taught him spiritual ideals through meditation, dance and music, and had a profound impact on Qadri, sparking a lifelong interest in spirituality and art, for which Qadri showed talent even as a child.Qadri continued his schooling until the eighth grade, when he matriculated, the first child in the village to do so.He ran away from home several times to avoid taking charge of the family farm as his mother wished.