Life Is a Pilgrimage

Life is a Pilgrimageis an inspiring and thought provoking selection of the discourses sent by Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan to his students from 1983 to 2004. In these pages he offers spiritual guidance and insight on world affairs, meditation and everyday life, science and faith, psychology and addiction, freedom and creativity, mastery and service, leadership, death and resurrection.

Pir Vilayat s brilliant understanding and his embodiment of that lovely, hilarious, grieving, courageous, magnificent mystery called Sufism, or the lineage of the Sufi masters, was and is a great gift to Western Civilization. -Coleman Barks, poet and translator of Rumi.

Pir Vilayat was an elegant writer as well as a captivating speaker. But his genius lay in transcending boundaries - cultural, philosophical, and religious - and thinking like the universe . -Yoga Journal

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan and Ora Ray Baker. As his father's successor, Pir Vilayat served as head of the Sufi Order International for 50 years. While honoring the initiatic tradition of his Sufi predecessors, Pir Vilayat continually adapted traditional Eastern spiritual practices in keeping with the evolution of Western consciousness, psychology and science. He initiated and participated in many international and interfaith conferences promoting understanding and world peace.

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan was the son and spiritual successor of Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan. Serving as head of the Sufi Order International, Pir Vilayat incorporated the mystical heritage and scholarship of both East and West into his teachings. An internationally recognized spiritual teacher, he organized dozens of international inter-religous conferences and brought together spiritual and scientific leaders in dialogue.