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A Biography of Murshid
The first part, entitled "Biography", tells of Murshid's life from his birth up to his traveled to the West. The second part, interestingly distinguiished from the first by the title "Autobiography", covers from 1910 to 1928. A third part features journals and anecdotes from his life. This all is from an out-of-print book published in 1979, which is now relatively expensive and difficult to obtain.
http://www.wahiduddin.net/mv2/bio/index.htm |
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Omega Publications
Physically located on the grounds of The Abode of the Message, this online bookstore stocks photos of Murshid, his Message Volumes and other works, as well as books with further extensions of The Message written by his son, Pir Vilayat 'Inayat Khan (including his last book, the beautifully illustrated, "In Search of the Hidden Treasure: A Conference of Sufis"), and grandson, Pir Zia 'Inayat Khan (including his meticulously researched book, "A Pearl in Wine: Essays on the Life, Music and Sufism of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan"). Omega also offers an extensive collection of music, poetry and writings of classical Sufi masters and saints, as well as books and music from other religious traditions of the world.
http://www.sufiorder.net/sufi-mall/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=OmegaPub |
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Sufi Order International
The web site of the Sufi Order International, headed by Pir Zia 'Inayat Khan, son of Hazrat Pir Vilayat 'Inayat Khan and grandson of Pir-o-Murshid, contains a breadth of information about the universal vision of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan, his teachings and prayers, and the Order's history, traditions and activities. Also, it offers contact information, downloadable collections of meditations (including the daily meditations on which this web site is built) and lots of links.
http://www.sufiorder.org/ |
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The Abode of the Message
The Abode is a Sufi residential community, retreat and conference center, located near a former Shaker community on a wooded mountainside in the Taconic-Berkshire Mountains of Upstate New York. It was founded by Hazrat Pir Vilayat 'Inayat Khan in 1975 and is home to Pir Zia 'Inayat Khan, Murshid's grandson and Pir of the Sufi Order International. The Abode offers guided personal retreats, healing arts, on-going course work and weekend events, as well as meeting facilities, and bed and breakfast accommodations.
http://www.theabode.net/ |
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The Cherag's Library
The Universal Worship is the religious activity of the Sufi Order International and one of the Five Concentrations or Activities created by Hazrat 'Inayat Khan. This service is based upon his universalist vision of the unity of religious ideals. Cherag, in Persian, means "a lamp", and within the lamp is carried the light of The Message, the underlying truth reflected in all the world's faiths. This site offers a huge resource of sacred scripture celebrating the vision of unity amid the appearance of diversity. It also offers a downloadable version of thirteen of Murshid's Message Volumes.
http://www.cheraglibrary.org |
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The Chishti Web Site
Murshid's primary initiatic lineage is derived through the Chishtiyya, a Sufi order that began in what is now Afghanistan in the town of Chisht. This site opens with a photo of exquisite atmosphere showing the dargah of Khwaja Mo’inuddin Hasan Chishti, who brought the teachings to India. There is a wealth of information here about the Chishtiyya, Sufi teachings and symbology, photos of the dargahs and villages of the Chishti saints in India, Chishti and Sufi poetry, and a beautiful piece on the Chishti stages of love. If you are interested in discovering more about the tradition from which the Inayati branch of the Order grew, please visit this site.
http://www.Chishti.ru |
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The Daily Bowl of Saqi
"Saqi" is the winepourer, a symbol of the Beloved or spiritual master in Sufi poetry, and the wine symbolizes the ecstasy of direct experience of God. This email newsletter offers a daily taste in the form of one of 366 aphorisms from Hazrat 'Inayat Khan, each with commentary by his student, Ahmed Murad Chishti, Murshid Samuel L. Lewis. These daily readings also are available as a daily email by subscription at http://www.wahiduddin.net/sub.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sufis/ |
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The Dance of the Soul
The foreword of this book reads: "Gayan, Vadan, Nirtan can be said to represent the essence of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan's Sufi Message. A musician as well as a mystic, he had at times a deep joy in the beauty of sound, and his thought naturally fell into rhythmic expressions....in reading these works, we should bear in mind that, throughout, the philosophical or mystical idea is of the first importance, and that there is a play upon the word 'music'...to denote not only the rhythmic form, but also that Harmony of Divine thought of which such teachings are notes, faintly heard by the soul amid the tumult of earth's many voices...'When the soul is attuned to God, every action becomes music.' " Click this link to download a 512 KB file of this book, the Aphorisms and the Daily Bowl of Saqi.
http://www.centrum-universel.com/Sayings.pdf |
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The Dances of Universal Peace
These simple, meditative, joyous, multi-cultural circle dances use sacred phrases, chants, music, and movements from the many traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. Based on the work begun in the late 60's by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, they promote peace and integration within individuals and groups worldwide. There are no performers and no audience -- new arrivals and old hands form the circle together.
http://www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org/na/ |
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The Esoteric School
One of the Five Concentrations or Activities created by Pir-o-Murshid, this is the primary vehicle for personal transformation for initiates of the Sufi Order International. Initiates are offered ways in which to open themselves so as to facilitate the emergence of qualities lying dormant beneath the layers of personality and habitual thinking. The goal is to identify experientially a source of inner guidance to the realization and fulfillment of his or her unique purpose in life.
http://www.sufiorder.org/activities.html |
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The Initiatic Lineage of the Sufi Order International
The Chain of Transmission is of central importance in Sufi work. It is a major conduit of blessing in any genuine Sufi school, and links the initiates of that Order with the combined spiritual power of their spiritual antecedants back to the Source.
http://www.sufiorder.org/silsila.html |
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The International Sufi Movement
In 1988, Hidayat 'Inayat Khan, the second son of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan and an accomplished musician from both Eastern and Western traditions, assumed the role of Representative-General of the International Sufi Movement and Pir-o-Murshid of its Inner School. On the home page of this site is a link to Murshid's answer to the question, "What is a Sufi?"
http://www.sufimovement.org |
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The Kinship Activity
One of the Five Concentrations created by Pir-o-Murshid, the Kinship activity is in some ways the hardest to describe, while at the same time it is the most all pervading. Pir Zia describes it as "finding our place within the great single being, realizing our interdependence....To truly unite humanity within a single consciousness we must participate in the awakening of humanity to reality." In many ways, Kinship is a kind of spiritual activism, the living proof of the spiritual development of a human being.
http://www.sufiorder.org/activities.html |
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The Message Volumes of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Of Pir-o-Murshid's talks given between 1910 and 1926, fourteen Message Volumes were carefully transcribed and published in a series known originally as A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty. This site breaks each volume down into more easily browsed chapters, and also offers a handy search feature. While you're there, you may wish to wander through the rest of the site at http://www.wahiduddin.net/ to explore songs, dances, roots of words, dervish turning, poetry from the heart and more. Another Message Volume resource can be found at http://www.rosanna.com/message/ and there is a PC download of thirteen volumes available at http://www.cheraglibrary.org/library.htm
http://www.wahiduddin.net/mv2/index.htm |
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The Sufi Healing Order
One of the Five Concentrations created by Pir-o-Murshid, he defined its purpose as "to awaken humanity to a greater realization of the Divine Spirit to heal." This spiritual healing can take many forms. One is "The Healing Service", a group prayer circle asking the Divine One to heal those who ask for this blessing. Members of the Order also visit the ill, those in distress, and the infirm, bringing the Divine Presence as a balm and a healing, as well as offering personal care and support.
http://www.sufihealingorder.org/ |
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The Sufi Ruhaniat International
The Ruhaniat was founded by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, a direct student of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan. His successor, Hazrat Pir Moineddin Jablonsky, offered these beautiful words, "Deepen your compassion. Love the wounded places in you that need healing. Open yourself to the grace of illumination, give freely of your joy. Share your neighbor's burden. Through all these avenues, discover your Soul."
http://www.ruhaniat.org |
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The Universel: A Course in Meditation
You can enroll here for a month-by-month course of meditation inspired by the vision of Hazrat 'Inayat Khan, designed to throw light upon the human problems that we face every day, individually and collectively. Topics in the archives include: turning within, the cosmic/peri-personal dimension, protecting oneself from undesirable impressions, watching our consciousness.
http://theuniversel.net |
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Zira'at
This is the last of the Five Concentrations and was inaugurated by Pir-o-Murshid in 1926. It uses the symbols and dynamic processes of agriculture as a way of describing the inner life and, as such, finding a bridge between the spiritual and material worlds. In describing the Farm, it is said that its length is as long as time, its breadth as broad as space, and the achievement of the Farmer is a successful harvest.
http://www.ziraat.org/ |
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