The Abode of the Message is a retreat center in New Lebanon, NY which was founded in 1975 by Vilayat Inayat Khan and a group of his students. The Abode has a long history as a residential community, a centralized location for the Inayati order, a conference and retreat center, and a center of esoteric study. In 2023, its management was transferred to Friends of South Family. The property is located in the eastern heights of the Taconic Mountains in New Lebanon, New York, and includes historic Shaker buildings built between 1834 and 1870.
Photo of former sign with Welcome at the top, winged heart below, and Abode of the Message at the bottom
Shaker Barn, the Shaker community's horse barn
Meditation Hall on the Main Campus, a replica of a Shaker-style apple barn.
Main Tent, at the Mountain Conference Center.
New Lebanon is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Albany. The population was 2,514 at the 2020 census.
Darrow School, formerly the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society