Pir Netanel (Mu'in ad-Din) Miles-Yépez is the current head of the Inayati-Maimuni lineage of Sufism. An artist, writer, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion, Pir Netanel studied History of Religions at Michigan State University and Contemplative Religion at the Naropa Institute before pursuing traditional studies and training in both Sufism and Hasidism with his murshid and rebbe, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the famous pioneer of inter-faith dialogue and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, as well as masters of various other traditions, including Father Thomas Keating. He has been deeply involved in ecumenical dialogue and is considered a leading thinker in the InterSpiritual and New Monasticism movements. He is the author of In the Teahouse of Experience: Nine Talks on the Path of Sufism and The Merging of Two Oceans: Nine Talks on Sufism and Hasidism, the translator of My Love Stands Behind a Wall: A Translation of the Song of Songs and Other Poems, the co-author of the critically acclaimed commentary on Hasidic spirituality, A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters, the editor of The Gathekas: A Universalist Catechism, and co-editor of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings.
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Pir Netanel Mu’in ad-Din Miles-Yépez