Saturday, January 3, Gathering at the Abode Meditation Hall for a Zoom Viewing with Pir Zia, including Potluck from 12:15-1:00.  

Tauba—Turn of the Year, Turn of the Heart w/ Pir Zia Inayat Khan.

“Tauba is an Arabic word meaning “turning back to the One.” The One is Al-Tawwab, “the Ever-Turning,” who receives our sorrow and regret, transforms it, and returns it to us as healing guidance. Together, in retreat, we will go backward and forward at once–back to the Source of our being, and forward toward all that the coming year holds in store for us and for the world.” 

11:00 am–4:15 pm EST.  Arrive by 10:30 to drop off your potluck contribution in the Dining Hall and settle into a seat in the Meditation Hall. We begin promptly at 11:00 am.

Please register ahead online and receive a recording via email.  Sliding scale fee $45-75.

https://inayatiyya.org/event/tauba-turn-of-the-year-turn-of-the-heart/

Donations to support the facilities at The Abode Of the Message are also encouraged. This public gathering is supported by the Hudson Valley Inayatiyya Center.  Contact Malika at MalikaLiz13@gmail.com for more information.

BIOGRAPHY

Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is the author of the forthcoming Tears from the Mother of the Sun with the visual artist Amruta Patel (Inner Traditions, Feb 2026); Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org