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Inayat Khan and Universal Sufism

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A long awaited episode, in which we finally talk about the important and controverisal 20th century sufi Inayat Khan and the Sufi Movement that he started in the West.Find me and my music here:https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateAlso check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqtWv0wRIhS6HFgerb?si=95b07d83d0254bMusic by:Filip HolmBanaras Baba & Kolkata KidPawan KrishnaPalace on WheelsSources/Recomended Reading:Gandhi, Supriya (2020). "The Emperor who never was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India". Belknap Press.Inayat Khan, Pir Zia (ed.) (2001). "A Pearl in Wine: Essays on the Life, Music & Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan". Omega Publications.Inayat Khan Zia (2006). "A Hybrid Sufi Order At the Crossroads of Modernity: The Sufi Order and Sufi Movement of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan". Doctoral Thesis. Duke University.Khan, Inayat (1996). "The Mysticism of Sound & Music". Shambala.Khan, Inayat (2003). "The Sufi Message: Spiritual Liberty" (Vol. 5). Motilal Banarsidass Publications.Miner, Allyn (translated by) (2016). "The Minqar-i Musiqar: Hazrat Inayat Khan's classic 1912 work on Indian musical theory & practice". Suluk Press.Nair, Shankar (2020). "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia". University of California Press.Chapters:0:00 Intro1:45 Early Life, Family & Music6:55 Entering the Sufi Path10:10 Last years in India11:56 Sufism & The Chishti Order16:57 Traveling to the West & Early Murids21:37 The Sufi Order/Movement24:50 Love, Harmony, Beauty26:28 The School of Love30:23 Divine Music33:29 Ibn 'Arabi & The Akbari School36:36 Universal Sufism?40:19 Practices, Principles & Universal Worship46:48 Women & Noor Inayat Khan50:15 Final years53:07 Legacy & Later Sufi Movement/Inayti Order57:30 Conclusions#sufism #inayatkhan #mysticism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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