Sufi Ruhaniat International

Sufi Ruhaniat International

"The Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) is the Universal Sufi Order established by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, as a stream within the spiritual lineage of his own teacher, Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, with whom he took bayat (initiation) in 1923.

The Ruhaniat is composed of sincere mureeds (formally initiated students) who tread the Path of Initiation and Discipleship, seeking the truth of the Inner Life through personal practice and direct experience — just as the disciples of Christ, Buddha, the Divine Mother, Mohammed, and other Illuminated Souls, known and unknown, have done through the ages." — From the Sufi Ruhaniat International website

The Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) is a stream of Universal Sufism and draws inspiration from traditions of Sufism within and beyond historic Islam. SRI is an initiatic order within the lineage of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Inayati-Chishtiyya). Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chishti (Samuel L. Lewis), a disciple of Hazrat Inayat Khan, formally founded the order in 1970. There are centers throughout the United States, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Sufi Ruhaniat International has five primary activities.


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