Abode of the Message
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| Founded | 1975 |
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| Founder | Vilayat Inayat Khan |
| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
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| Coordinates | 42°26′36″N 73°22′44″W / 42.44325°N 73.3789°W |
| Origins | Sufi Order Ināyati |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Spiritual intentional community; Conference & retreat center; Headquarters of the Sufi Order International |
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Key people
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Spiritual leader, Zia Inayat-Khan |
| Mission | To collectively embody spiritual awakening, for mutual dedication and visionary collaboration |
| Website | theabode.org |
Coordinates: 42°26′36″N 73°22′44″W / 42.44325°N 73.3789°W
The Abode of the Message is a Universal Sufi community founded in 1975 by Vilayat Inayat Khan. The Abode is the central residential community of the Inayati order (formerly Sufi Order International), a conference and retreat center, and a center of esoteric study. It is also home to the current spiritual leader of The Inayati Order, Zia Inayat-Khan. The Abode is located in the eastern heights of the Taconic Mountains in New Lebanon, New York, and housed in historic Shaker buildings built between 1834 and 1870.
The described intent of the Abode as a community is to "collectively embody spiritual awakening," through "mutual commitment to practicing...the Sufi teachings," "shared devotion to the ideals of Love, Harmony and Beauty, and to the specific transformational work whereby these ideals are progressively realized," for "mutual dedication and visionary collaboration."
Most of the Abode's Main Campus structures were built in the mid-19th century by the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village community as housing and workspaces for their South Family group. Formally established in 1787, the New Lebanon Shaker Society (renamed the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society in 1861) was the second major Shaker society formed in the recently created United States of America. The society established its home at the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, which became the primary Shaker spiritual residential community.
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