Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916–2004)
Author of Awakening: A Sufi Experience
About the Author
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916 2004) was the son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Inayat Khan. During his fifty years as head of the Sufi Order International, Pir Vilayat became an internationally recognized spiritual teacher and master of meditation. Incorporating the mystical heritage and show more scholarship of both East and West into his teachings, Pir Vilayat initiated dozens of international inter-religious conferences, and brought together spiritual and scientific leaders in public dialogues to explore their shared understandings of the nature of reality. show less
Works by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
The Message in Our Time: The Life and Teaching of the Sufi Master, Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan (1978) 22 copies
Five masters of meditation an interfaith experience [video recording] (2002) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Hoax of the Mind 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1916-06-19
- Date of death
- 2004-06-17
- Gender
- male
- Education
- École Normale de Musique de Paris (cello)
- Occupations
- Sufi Master
- Organizations
- Sufi Order International
Abode of the Message (founder, 1975)
Inayatiyya Order of Sufism
India High Commissioner's office, London
Pakistani Embassy
Royal Navy (WWII, mine sweeping officer) (show all 7)
Royal Air Force (WWII) - Relationships
- Khan, Inayat (father)
Inayat Khan, Hidayat (brother)
Inayat Khan, Noor (sister)
Inayat Khan, Zia (son)
Massignon, Louis (sufi professor) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Oriental Room of Fazal Manzil, Suresnes, France
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Reviews
Awakening: A Sufi Experience by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan gives a good overview of the beliefs and ideals of Sufism. Admittedly there was some material that was over my head, but a surprising amount of what I read was familiar to me. This is because Sufism draws from many different religions and cultures and there were concepts discussed in this book that closely resembled things I had learned when studying new age spirituality. There is a lot of emphasis on meditation in this book and it show more describes many different meditation and breathing exercises. Some of these I was already familiar with, but many of them were new to me. One thing that I thought was really cool about this book is that scientific principles are often used to help explain metaphysical and spiritual concepts which certainly made them easier for me to understand. I thought this was an excellent book and I'd highly recommend it to anyone new to the subject. I really enjoyed reading it and just the act of reading this book helped me to feel more peaceful. show less
Brief biographical sketches of Jelal Ud-din Rumi, Al Hallaj, Muhyid-din Ibn Al'Arabi, Farid-ud-din Attar, Abu Yazid Bastami, Yahia Shihabuddhini Suhrawardhi, and Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan
> PIR ZADÉ VILAYAT INAYAT KHAN Psychologie de la méditation dans le soufisme, le 02 Feb 2010 … ; (article),
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