Sufi Message of Unity of Religious Ideals

This book attempts to inculcate the greater understanding of the universality of the Sufi message as given by Hazrat Inayat Khan. Highlighting the unity of religious ideals, it explains the connections between Sufism, Hinduism, Yoga, Zoroastrianism, and other spiritual and religious traditions. It also deals with the alchemy of happiness.



Contents:

The Message in Our Time Unity of Religious Ideals Sufism The Alchemy of Happiness Wisdom Brotherhood and Sisterhood Esoteric Practices The Gentle Singing Zikar of Hazrat Inayat Khan Initiation and Guidance The Art of Personality The Crystallization of the `All-Pervading' Sufi Tenets The Science Called Pranayama Prana, the Mystical Power of Breath Injustice in Justice Concentration Contemplation Five Approaches to the Mysticism of Sound Spiritually The Inner Life Not Be is to Be Poem of the Music Composition

Hidayat Inayat-Khan, the third child of Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan and Ora Ray Baker-Bernard, is a well-known music composer and conductor. He followed his family s musical tradition, of which his great-grandfather Maula Bakhsh and his father Inayat Khan were the highlights, and was violinist in different orchestras and string quartets. He is the creator of the Message Symphony, the Gandhi Symphony, and many other works like the Suite Symphonique. Also, he was a Professor of music at the Lycee Musical de Dieulefit, France and, later, in Holland.

At an age when people normally retire from work, Hidayat Inayat-Khan accepted the leadership of the Sufi Movement as its Representative General and Pir-o-Murshid, in complete dedication to its founder, his father, Hazrat Inayat Khan.