Pir Zia will be offering a variety of public events over the coming week, as well as programs and retreats in the US and Europe this summer! Links to details can be found below.

Maybe we will see you at one of these special gatherings? We hope so. We also hope to see your friends — please help us tell others! Thank you!

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Universal Worship Celebrating the Life of Pir Vilayat

Abode of the Message, New Lebanon, New York
Sunday, June 16, 2013 @ 10:15 am

https://pirzia.org/events/pir-vilayat-universal-worship/

Saracen Chivalry Talk and Book Signing
The Bookstore in Lenox, Lenox, Massachusetts
Sunday, June 16, 2013 @ 3 pm

https://pirzia.org/events/saracen-chivalry-book-event-lenox/

Pir Vilayat’s Urs
Abode of the Message, New Lebanon, New York
Monday, June 17, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

https://pirzia.org/events/pir-vilayats-urs-the-abode-of-the-message/

Sufi Chivalry and Mysticism Book Talk and Signing
The Open Center, New York, New York
Friday, June 21, 2013 @ 7 pm

http://www.opencenter.org/sufi-chivalry-and-mysticism/

Annual Summer Gathering of the Sufi Order International
Abode of the Message, New Lebanon, New York
July 3 – 11, 2013

http://www.theabode.org/site_layouts/events/417/

Toward the One Sufi Seminar
Istanbul, Turkey
July 20 – July 21, 2013

http://www.yukunc.org.tr/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=47

Into the Silence Alps Retreat
Olivone, Switzerland
July 29 – August 3, 2013

http://www.zenithinstitute.com/program-2013/week-2/pir-zia-inayat-khan/

Sufi Order Leaders Retreat
Olivone, Switzerland
August 5 – 10, 2013

http://www.zenithinstitute.com/program-2013/week-3/leaders-retreat-pir-zia/

The Waters of Life Retreat
Katwijk, Holland
August 31 – September 1, 2013

www.lightsong.info

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Suluk Academy is currently accepting applications for new two-year classes in the United States (beginning Oct 2013) and Europe (beginning Jan 2014). Please visit www.sulukacademy.org for information and to apply.

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For the most up-to-date Pir Zia news and events information, including Autumn 2013 programs in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Boulder and Washington, D.C., please visit us again at www.pirzia.org.

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PIR ZIA INAYAT-KHAN is a scholar and teacher of Sufism in the lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. He received his B.A. (Hons) in Persian Literature from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University. Pir Zia is president of the Sufi Order International and founder of Suluk Academy, a school of contemplative study with branches in the United States and Europe. He is also founder of the interspiritual institute Seven Pillars House of Wisdom. He lives with his wife and two children in rural upstate New York.

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