Editing Vilayat Inayat Khan

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'''Vilayat Inayat Khan''' (19 June 1916 {{spaced ndash}} 17 June 2004) was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the [[East India]]n [[Chishti Order|Chishti Sufi order]] of [[Sufism]]. His teaching derived from the tradition of his father, [[Inayat Khan]], founder of [[Sufi Order Ināyati|The Sufi Order in the West]] (now named the Ināyati Order), in a form tailored to the needs of Western seekers. One of his sisters was [[Noor Inayat Khan|Noor Inayat Khan GC MBE]]. He taught in the tradition of [[Universal Sufism]]. His parents met at the New York City ashram of American yogi, [[Pierre Bernard (yogi)|Pierre Bernard]], half-brother of his mother [[Ora Ray Khan|Pirani Ameena Begum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library-archives.cumc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/finding-aids/Bernard%20finding%20aid%20complete%20web%20version_0.pdf |title=BERNARD, VIOLA WERTHEIM, 1907-1998. |website=Library-archives.cumc.columbia.edu |access-date=2017-05-23}}</ref>

Prior to his teaching career he worked in [[London]] as an assistant to Ghulam Mohammed, the Finance Minister of [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] in 1949, and served as a personal assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] during his visit to [[England]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Horowitz |first=Mikhail |title=Illumination The Saga of a Spiritual Master |publisher=Mikhail Horowitz |year=2018 |isbn=978-1732102903 |pages=46–50 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harper |first=Claire Ray |title=We Rubies Four |publisher=Omega Publications, Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-930872-84-7 |location=NY |pages=147–149 |language=English}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Sutton2005">Sutton, Robert P. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pA01_CvpCsIC&lpg=PR3&pg=PA3 Modern American Communes: A Dictionary]. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 3-4; {{ISBN|978-0-313-32181-8}}.</ref>

== Legacy ==
During his lifetime Vilayat Inayat Khan was instrumental in the founding of several organizations that continue to operate today.

[[The Abode of the Message]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pir Vilayat Center For Meditation and Retreat |url=https://theabode.org/pirvilayatcenter/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Abode of the Message |language=en-US}}</ref>

[https://hopeproject.nl/hopeproject.nl/founder/?lang=en Hope Project]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founder {{!}} Hope Project |url=https://hopeproject.nl/hopeproject.nl/founder/?lang=en |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=hopeproject.nl}}</ref>

[[Omega Institute for Holistic Studies|The Omega Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.eomega.org/about/overview/history |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=eomega.org |language=en}}</ref>

[https://www.iamheart.org/ The Institute for Applied Meditation] <ref>{{Cite web |title=iamHeart Home |url=https://www.iamheart.org/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=iamHeart |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Death==
Vilayat Inayat Khan died on 17 June 2004, two days before his 88th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/us/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan-87-sect-leader.html|title = Pir Vilayat Inayat-Khan, 87, Sect Leader|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 22 June 2004}}</ref> His son is [[Zia Inayat Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/explorations/teachers/view/157/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan|title=Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan {{!}} Teachers {{!}} Spirituality & Practice|website=www.spiritualityandpractice.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref> His [[Dargah]] is located in Delhi, India.

==Bibliography==

* Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat (2014) ''The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing: A Manual of Meditation''. NY. Omega Publications ISBN 1941810012
* Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat (2011) ''Life is a Pilgrimage.'' NY. Omega Publications ISBN 0930872819
* <!-- * ''Toward the One'', (Harper and Row, 1974)
* ''The Message in Our Time'', (Harper and Row, 1978)
* Contributed the foreword to ''The Complete Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan'', (Omega Publications, 1978)
* ''The Call of the Dervish'', (Sufi Order Publications, 1981)
* ''Sufi Masters'', (Sufi Order Publications, 1982)
* ''Introducing Spirituality Into Counseling and Therapy'', (Omega Press, 1982)
* ''That Which Transpires Behind That Which Appears'', (Omega Publications, 1994)
* ''Awakening: A Sufi Experience'' (Tarcher Putnam, 1999)
* ''In Search of the Hidden Treasure'' (Tarcher, 2003) -->
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = Toward the One
  | publisher = Harper and Row
  | year = 1974
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 978-0-06-090352-7}}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan
  | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = The Message in Our Time: The Life and Teaching of the Sufi Master, Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan
  | publisher = Harper and Row
  | year = 1978
  | location = San Francisco
  | isbn = 978-0-06-064237-2
  | url-access = registration
  | url = https://archive.org/details/messageinourtime00inayrich
  }}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan | first = Pir Vilayat
  | editor-last= Khan | editor-first = Hazrat Inayat <!-- he's the author not the editor, but this is how its done in Wikipedia -->
  | title = The Complete Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan
  | publisher = Sufi Order Publications
  | year = 1978
  | location = New Lebanon, NY
  | contribution = Front matter: Forward
  | isbn = 978-0-930872-02-1}}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = The Call of the Dervish
  | publisher = Sufi Order Publications
  | year = 1981
  | location = 	 Santa Fe, NM
  | isbn = 978-0-930872-26-7}}
<!-- MouseRancher: I can't find the book "Sufi Masters" online; perhaps just a pamphlet, of which there were many?
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = Sufi Masters
  | publisher = Sufi Order Publications
  | year = 1982
  | location =
  | isbn = }}
-->
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan
  | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = Introducing Spirituality Into Counseling and Therapy
  | publisher = Omega Press
  | year = 1982
  | location = Santa Fe, NM
  | isbn = 978-0-930872-30-4
  | url = https://archive.org/details/introducingspiri00inay
  }}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan
  | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = That Which Transpires Behind That Which Appears
  | publisher = Omega Publications
  | year = 1994
  | location = NY
  | isbn = 978-0-930872-49-6
  | url-access = registration
  | url = https://archive.org/details/thatwhichtranspi00pirv
  }}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan
  | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = Awakening: A Sufi Experience
  | publisher = J.P. Tarcher/Putnam
  | year = 1999
  | location = New York, NY
  | isbn = 978-1-58542-038-4
  | url = https://archive.org/details/awakening00pirv
  }}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Inayat Khan | first = Pir Vilayat
  | title = In Search of the Hidden Treasure: A Conference of Sufis
  | publisher = J.P. Tarcher/Putnam
  | year = 2003
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 978-1-58542-180-0}}

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