Seek not for perfect belief, but let your faith grow as you test and find what works for you, as you experience God in your life.
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
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Seek not for perfect belief, but let your faith grow as you test and find what works for you, as you experience God in your life.
Vilayat Inayat Khan (19 June 1916 – 17 June 2004) 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, Inayat, founder of The Sufi Order in the West, combined with western culture. One of his siblings was Noor Inayat Khan GC MBE. He taught in the tradition of universal Sufism, which views all religions as rays of light from the same sun. Pir Vilayat Khan, son of Hazrat Inayat Khan, brother of Noor-Un-Nisa Inayat Khan and father of Pir Zia Inayat Khan.
Kahn, Pir Vilayat Inayat, et al. “Spirituality & Practice.” Spirituality and Practice, www.spiritualityandpractice.com/explorations/teachers/view/157/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan.
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Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan was born in London in 1916. His father, Hazrat Inayat Khan, left India in 1910, established the Sufi Order in London in 1916, and incorporated the Sufi Movement in Geneva in 1923. Pir Vilayat graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris in 1940 after completing studies in both psychology and philosophy. He pursued postgraduate studies at Oxford University as well as studying musical composition and cello at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris.
Hazrat Inayat Khan designated Pir Vilayat as his successor in 1926. After World War II, during which he served in the British Royal Navy, Pir Vilayat pursued his spiritual training by studying with many different religious traditions throughout India and the Middle East. He is an acknowledged Pir in the lineage of the Chishti Sufi Order of India. Through the Sufi Order International, Pir Vilayat offered a universal approach to spiritual development. During meditation retreats, lectures and seminars, he reflected upon the ancient stream of wisdom inherent in all religions and humanistic philosophies. He was active in the multifaith movement and was instrumental in bringing together leaders from different religions to explore their underlying unity and mutual interests.
—By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat [Remembering Spiritual Masters Project – Spirituality and Practice website].
Additional Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan Quotes
“Conscious evolution is humankind’s final frontier, the ultimate freedom sought by humanity since the dawn of time. Thus the challenge seems to be one of overcoming the fear of the unexplored territory that lies ahead, and finding the courage and optimism to illuminate the spiritual dimension hidden within our nature. For it is the intuitive, radar-like quality of this transcendent faculty that will help to guide us through the darkness of the unknown — illuminating our minds and awakening our hearts to the splendor of a new consciousness.”
—Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan [Ours is a Way of Light].