Noor Inayat Khan Livres

In a memorable retreat integrating deep meditation practices with discourses on the nature and interrelationship of spirituality, the universe, and everyday life in the world, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan urges us to consider a retreat as a rehearsal for life. “Discover yourself by becoming, by doing. The retreat situation marks a halt in which we step out of our normal mode of existence in order to reflect upon our lives and gain more clarity and, ultimately, become more aware of what our real objective is in life. A retreat is an opportunity for a lot of reflection, a time to explore those skills which will open up faculties that we are not using and insights of which we are not aware.”

An artful expression of Sufi teachings through the lens of a medieval Grail romance. Queen Belacane is dying. As a last act, she inscribes a book of counsels, or prince's mirror, to guide her newborn son on his life's path. The queen's counsels illuminate the way of futuwwa, a tradition of mystical chivalry traced to the Prophet Abraham. If the prince would unite the chivalries of Christendom and Islam and attain the Cup Mixed with Camphor, he must fulfill the pillars of his faith, and uphold the universal virtues of wisdom, courage, temperance, and generosity.

"Spiritual biography of Inayat Khan who came to the West with a message of love, harmony and beauty that was both quintessence of Sufi teachings and a revolutionary approach to the harmonizing of Western and Eastern spirituality."--

The Hand of Poetry offers entrance into the world of beauty and truth. Seven lectures on Persian poets and poetry given by Hazrat Inayat Khan are followed by fresh translations from the poet Coleman Barks. The greatest poets of Persia-Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz -are here brought to life for a new generation of readers. Book jacket.

Spiritual dimensions of emotion, improving self-image, working with energy. Detailed instructions for meditation practices used to bring fresh insight into everyday problems.

Although the backdrop of Jataka stories often make-believe, they often offer the scholars, students and enthusiasts of Eastern philosophy, religion and art form, enthralling insights into the psyche and spirit of Buddhism and Buddhist traditions. Long before a direct contact was made with India, Christian Europe had heard many of these Indian stories and made them part of its heritage.

Noor Inayat Khan was the eldest child of the renowned Indian philosopher Hazrat Inayat Kahn and his American wife Ameena Begum. Noor studied psychology and music in Paris and wrote stories for children, including the collection Twenty Jataka Tales, first published in 1939. Following the Nazi occupation of France, Noor was recruited by Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive. As an undercover agent in Paris, she served as a key link between the SOE and the French Resistance. Betrayed and captured, she was executed at Dachau, posthumously receiving the George Cross and Croix de Guerre.

"The meaning of the word 'Sufism' is 'wisdom.' Wisdom is a knowledge acquired from within and without. Sufism is not only intuitive knowledge; it is knowledge acquired from life in the world, too. Sufism is not a religion, nor a cult or a doctrine. The best explanation of Sufism is that any person who has a knowledge of life outside and inside is a Sufi. For this reason, there has never been in any period of the world's history a founder of Sufism; and yet, Sufism has always existed."Among the oral teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), collected and transcribed for private use by his murids, the Gathekas were specifically intended for taliban, or 'candidates' for initiation into the Sufi path. The Sanskrit word, gāthikā , refers to an epic poem or sacred song, and is consistent with the other music and poetry related titles he gave to most of his more focused teachings for murids. In this case, these are teachings meant to help seekers understand the fundamentals of the Sufi Message and the nature of the Sufi path.

Caravan of Souls offers the concepts, principles and history of the Sufi path brought to the West by Hazrat Inayat Khan. Within these pages the reader will find the spiritual lineage, biographical sketches, prayers, basic meditation practices, inspired sayings, poetry, musical compositions, and guidance for spiritual living while engaged in daily life. Also included are sections on the organization and activities, such as kinship, spiritual healing, and the interfaith Universal Worship service. This is a rich sourcebook for all interested in the life and teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, and in the school of Sufism that he established and which continues today in both the East and the West.

Noor Inayat Khan is best known best known for her heroism as a clandestine Allied wireless radio operative in occupied France during World War II. In King Akbar's Daughter Noors previously unpublished stories have been collected and are presented here in new English translations alongside her original French language versions and her known English renditions. Some of these stories are Noors own creations while others are traditional myths, fables and legends retold in her own words and embroidered with her unique twists to best serve her purpose of teaching and inspiring with tales of chivalry, compassion, love, hope and wisdom.