Lex Hixon
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Lex Hixon (born Alexander Paul Hixon Junior, also known as Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi in the Sufi community; 1941–1995) was an American
Life and education
Hixon was born on December 25, 1941, in Pasadena, California, one of three sons of Alexander and Adelaide Hixon. He married his second wife, Sheila, in 1965. They had two daughters Shanti, India, and one son, Dylan. Hixon also had a daughter, Alexandra, from a previous marriage to Margaret Taylor. He graduated from Yale University in 1963, where he majored in philosophy, and he received a PhD in comparative religion from Columbia University in 1976. His doctoral thesis was on the Gaudapada Karika, a Sanskrit scripture of the very early Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.
Early spiritual training
Hixon first studied prayer and meditation at the age of nineteen with
Radio
From 1971 to 1984, Lex Hixon hosted a weekly 2-hour interview show in New York City called "In The Spirit," where he interviewed hundreds of spiritual leaders and teachers from different traditions, including
Religious traditions
Islam and Sufism
On one of the shows, he met
Christianity
Hixon and his wife Sheila entered the Eastern Orthodox Church through the inspiration of Father
Buddhism
Hixon and his wife received guidance in meditation from Venerable Lama Domo Geshe Rimpoche. Hixon studied Zen koans with
Hinduism
Hixon studied meditation with Swamis
Arts
Hixon studied flamenco guitar with Carlos Montoya and studied classical Indian music with Vasant Rai, the sarod master.
Books
- Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions, 1978, 1989, 1995. ISBN 0-943914-74-4
- The Heart of the Qur'an: An Introduction to Islamic Spirituality, 1988, 2003. ISBN 0-8356-0822-0
- Recolección de la Miel (Gathering Honey), 1989. ISBN
- Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna, 1992, 2002. ISBN 81-208-1297-2
- Atom from the Sun of Knowledge, 1993. ISBN 978-1-879708-05-1
- Illahis of Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi, 1993. ISBN
- Mother of the Buddhas: Meditation on the Prajnaparamita Sutra, 1993. ISBN 0-8356-0689-9
- Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and Tantric Hymns of Enlightenment, 1994. ISBN 0-8356-0702-X
- Living Buddha Zen, 1995. ISBN 0-943914-75-2
- Sufi Meditation, 1997. ISBN 1-879708-10-8
- 101 Diamonds: From the Oral Tradition of the Glorious Messenger Muhammad (translator, with Fariha al-Jerrahi), 2001. ISBN 1-879708-17-5
Death
Hixon died of cancer at his home in Riverdale, New York, on November 1, 1995, at the age of 53.
References
- ^ "Lex Hixon". www.srv.org. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ISBN 9780804791281.
- ^ "Shaykh Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi".
Sources
- New York Times obituary, November 9, 1995
- Yoga Journal Interview, Jan/Feb 1991
- Zen Peacemakers website
- Coming Home, 1989 & 1995 (2nd & 3rd Editions) biographical note (note differs in each edition).
- Free Spirit Journal, April & May 1996: Article by Cassia Berman. (reproduced online here)