Sufi Mystic Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan on Suffering, Self-Worth and The Sacred

Bettina Gray talks with Sufi mystic Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan about spiritual worth and the teachings of Jesus.
Clip taken from A Parliament of Souls: 27 half-hour interviews with international religious and spiritual teachers filmed at the World Parliament of Religions, 1993. Series co-produced by Bettina Gray and Michael Tobias aired on KTEH (PBS), VISION-TV Canada, VISN cable network and AFN in 140 countries. Interviews were also published as a companion book of the same title.

[@zebzaman2247]

Base your self esteem on your discovery of the sacredness of the human status. And that's what religion is about. No matter what your station in life is. Indeed.

[@RoxanaKristina]

I feel homeless people don't have time for such big discoveries...
When they are dying of hunger or fighting to survive on the streets

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@RoxanaKristina Sadly a severe sign of overpopulation. So if they won´t listen, they have to FEEL . . .

[@a.brekkan4965]

Her questions are that of a materialist. Suffering is not a question of material wealth but of spiritual wealth.

[@CreativeFilmsMedia]

You make a big presumption. The questions interviewers ask do not necessarily represent their personal point of view but represent a question they know the audience has - many of whom are materialist minded. The question is very common and seldom addressed. The interviewer gave Pir Vilayat a chance to reply directly to the materialist mind set.

[@a.brekkan4965]

@@CreativeFilmsMedia If that was the case, one would expect her to say something like: "Many people would say that..."
Also, it is very Christian in mentality; Muslims rarely if ever ask these types of questions ("Why is there suffering? Why is there evil when God is good?".
Conclusion: It reflects a Materialistic worldview of Christian character.

[@CreativeFilmsMedia]

​@@a.brekkan4965 I am "the interviewer" . The interview should be focused on the guest's thoughts and beliefs, not my own. And if "the interviewer" (me) is not a Muslim and therefore not asking questions the way a Muslim would ask - is that a problem? Or does it make the viewpoint materialist if it is not ideologically pure? The wonderful Pir Vilayat took no such offense or made judgement but understood these were wide-ranging questions that many who would see the show might wonder. All are sincere questions. The interview series from which this was taken covered many different religious viewpoints and aired in over 140 countries - some viewers were Christian, some Muslim, some Buddhist and some secular or other faiths. Pir Vilayat sets a wonderful example of sincere dialogue and respectful conversation that is so often missing in media more recently.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Thats exactly why OSHO called it the "soul pain" !!

[@anjezx1454]

so-called "western societies" (?), a world abundant with and primarily driven by and focused on (the façade of) material wealth, do however have the spiritual and psychological problems as addressed in the above video --- but we may also see, that crisis throughout humanity throughout the world, may in fact refer to a same rootcause... which nature so seems to be inner human crisis such as the video attempts to go into

[@marieharris1230]

I read a Trilogy of his books when I was about 29.

[@rajamahesvara9615]

Reminds me of Gandalf The White

[@CreativeFilmsMedia]

Me too :-)

[@RoxanaKristina]

wondeful !
thank you

[@corbeauchien2011]

Problem is not self esteem, but capitalism.True sufism is justice and freedom.Not collaboration with devils.

[@Luke_19951]

Where did this interview take place it looks like a lovely building

[@CreativeFilmsMedia]

It was filmed in the Presidential suite at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The Blackstone is on the National Register of Historic Places.

[@savedfaves]

Hard talk?

[@abooswalehmosafeer173]

Myanmar
China
India of Modi
Israel
Etc
Pay attention
Also The Saudis
Putin
Those are the Malignancies of our Times.

[@EternalVoice11]

Putin is the hero for humanity

[@ghddsfhtfdfgtdr2824]

Was he a real or fake pir

[@anticapital666]

Ghddsfhtfd Fgtdr yes, he is recognized by all Universal Sufis and some Ismaili Sufi Sects, as an authentic Sufi Shaykh

[@SaveManWoman]

How does one label another from the point of man who himself is not real? Only a fake answer will be accepted based on human state till there are no questions. All answers are with thought not Reality. There is no fake or real in such state, There just Being.

[@elusiveeagle8597]

Ghddsfhtfd, the question you should be asking is,
'Are you a real seeker?'

[@ibrahimmalik9127]

@@elusiveeagle8597 What a reply. you made my day :)

[@andilowe9526]

@Ghddsfhtfd Fgtdr
"Was he a real or fake pir?"
What do YOU think??? );-)