Sufi Movement International of the USA

Teachings

Pir-o-Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan
- Article — About Sufism
- Article — Art of the Personality
- Book — Spiritual Liberty, a 107-page book of Sufi teachings. This is a downloadable PDF file (848 KB) suitable for reading online or for printing.
- Article — The Message in Our Time, a lecture given at the Mysticism of Sound Conference, 24 October 2007 by Pir-o-Murshid Hidayat Inayat-Khan. This is available as a 3-page article extracted from the Spring, 2008 issue of Heart To Heart, the Sufi Movement In Canada newsletter. This is a downloadable PDF file (128 KB).
  
  (To view PoM Hidayat's biography and performance history, visit the Mysticism of Sound Conference web site.)
Murshida Rabia Ana Perez-Chisti
- Article — Love: Human and Divine from Toward the One, Volume 5, Spring 2004
- Article — Heart from Winter 1997 Caravanserai publication
- Online Courses — Essence of World Religions I & II (www.naropa.edu/distancelearning/courses.cfm): Online classes (offered every other year) developed by Murshida Rabia for Naropa University. The EWR I (REL 541e/REL 337e) class covers Hinduism, Zoroastriansim, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and women in in the world's religions and includes readings from The Unity of Religous Ideals by Hazrat Inayat Khan. The EWR II class (REL 564e/REL 364e) covers the Goddess tradition, Native American Traditions, Taoism, Confucianism, Sikhism, Sufism, and African Traditions. It includes readings of from Volume V: Spiritual Liberty and Volume X: The Path of Initiation by Hazrat Inayat Khan.
- Interview — On November 4, 2006 Murshida Rabia was interviewed on the Persian News Network (PNN) by Dr. Mehri Pirooz. Dr. Mehri Pirooz translated the presentation and discussion into Farsi during this satellite broadcast. The available streaming audio files are from the English audio portion of the televised show. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected audio.
  - Part 1: Introduction and Murshida Rabia talking about Tawhid (Unity). (approximately 16 minutes)
  - Part 2: Murshida Rabia dialogs with and answers questions from Dr. Pirooz. (approximately 30 minutes)
  - Part 3: Murshida Rabia answers questions from two callers and Dr. Pirooz closes the show. (approximately 10 minutes)
- Interview — On May 14, 2007 the Marin, California radio station KWMR (http://www.kwmr.org/) broadcast an interview of Murshida Rabia by Wendy Salaam on Wendy's program Sufism: The Heart of Islam. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected audio.
  - Part 1: Introduction and the first half of the interview. Murshida Rabia talks about her introduction to Sufism and about Hazrat Inayat Kahn, his Sufi message and the Inayati orders. Murshida Rabia then discusses wisdom, Tawhid (Unity) and Sufism. (approximately 28 minutes)
  - Part 2: The second half of the interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog about Sufism with Wendy Salaam and discusses topics such as pluralistic religious studies, the mysticism of sound, sacred languages, sacred aspects of nature and about working with teachers and students. Murshida Rabia extends a wish for each to perform some service as 'a secret gift for the Beloved'. (approximately 27 minutes)
- Interview — In January, 2008, Murshida Rabia was interviewed by Ryan Rominger, PhD over a three-week period as part of a graduate-level class on emotions at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA. When you click a link below, your default media player will open and play the selected MP3 audio file.
  - Part 1: Introduction and the first week's interview. Murshida Rabia talks about her introduction to Sufism to lead into a discussion about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 43 minutes)
  - Part 2: The second week's interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog with Ryan about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 35 minutes)
  - Part 3: The third week's interview. Murshida Rabia continues her dialog with Ryan about Sufism and emotions. (approximately 40 minutes)