“The essential part of our being can only survive if the transient part dissolves. Death is a condition of survival. That which has been gained must be eternalized, and can only be eternalized by being transmuted, by passing through death they must return”
Quote by Vilayat Inayat Khan
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Vilayat Inayat Khan
Vilayat Inayat Khan (June 19, 1916 - June 17, 2004) was a prominent Sufi teacher and musician who served as the global leader of the Sufi Order International. As the son of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the founder of the Sufi movement in the West, he continued his father's mission of introducing Sufi philosophy to Western audiences. He established the Sufi Way in 1976, creating a modernized approach to Sufi practice suitable for contemporary seekers. An accomplished sitar player, he used music as a spiritual vehicle. His writings, including "The Sufi Way," have influenced thousands of Western seekers. more
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