Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan (1882-1927) brought the Sufi Message of Love, Harmony and Beauty to Europe and the U.S. from India in the years 1910 - 1926. (Hazrat is a term of respect for the saintly character of a great teacher who has died; Pir-o-Murshid means spiritual director or senior teacher of a Sufi lineage. His personal name is Inayat Khan.) His teachings have blossomed in a number of Sufi lineages, among them the Sufi Movement International, the Sufi Order International, the Sufi Ruhaniat International, the Sufi Way and Sufi Contact.

He was born into a family of musicians and through the guidance of the spiritual teachers of India with whom he was associated, he became the musician of the soul, for his work was mostly performed in the higher spheres, tuning people to their real pitch.

Hazrat Inayat Khan calls for the awakening of the individual as the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity in man/woman, our inheritance of the divine perfection. He offered beautifully spoken teachings on the unity of religious ideals and the one source of all human religious expression.  These teachings in particular inspire the Dances of Universal Peace.

”Where does music come from? Where does the dance come from? It all comes from that natural and spiritual life that is within ...... music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of human life.“                  

Hazrat Inayat Khan