Vilayat Inayat Khan
Author
1916 – 2004
Who was Vilayat Inayat Khan?
Vilayat Inayat Khan was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of Sufism. His teaching derived from the tradition of his father, combined with western culture. He taught in the tradition of Universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun.
In 1975 he founded the Abode of the Message, which serves as the central residential community of the Sufi Order International, a conference and retreat center, and a center of esoteric study.
His parents met at the New York City ashram of American yogi Pierre Bernard, his mother's half-brother; he was also related to Pierre Bernard's nephew, Theos Bernard, an American scholar and practitioner of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1916
London - Also known as
- Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
- Siblings
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Paris
- Died
- Jun 17, 2004
Suresnes
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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