All Are Welcome at The Abode

The Abode’s mission is to provide a sanctuary for the human spirit that is honored by a loving community in harmony with nature

The Abode is an Interfaith Retreat and Spiritual Center

Supporting a Legacy with an Eye on the Future

Our Vision

We Offer Community Programs/Events/Rentals, Private Retreats & Sunday Interfaith Services

The history of the work of the Abode has spanned almost half a century as a Sufi Center founded in 1975. A 50th Anniversary Weekend is planned July 4th-6th, 2025 to honor those who brought us to where we are today! Please plan to join us in the Celebration!

And, as the Abode currently expands its focus as an Interfaith Retreat and Spiritual Center, we wish to rededicate our spaces to promote conscious awakening in every day life for the future of our world. We hope you will join us in this meaningful and joyous endeavor!

The Abode is a retreat center and sanctuary, promoting collective and individual discovery through meaningful experiences and opportunities for growth. We serve the well-being of others, by offering classes, retreats and gatherings that create a time to pause and reflect with guidance from sacred teachings, creative process, Earth based initiatives and contemplation.

What Makes the Abode Special?

The Abode is a Resource

Karamat Hess Photography

Participate in a retreat, take a class, join us for dinner or book a space for your own program. Enjoy all the Abode has to offer and return to the world refreshed and renewed. You can visit the Abode for the day, plan a private stay or look to our current offerings. However you wish to be a part of the Abode, make it your own sanctuary.

Our spaces, both inside and out, are available to host programs starting in 2024. For inquiries, please contact us at programs@theabode.org

The Abode is a Sanctuary

We believe deeply in the process of orientation in nature and that the preservation of our Earth’s wild spaces is fundamental to its future. Located where the Berkshire Mountains meet the Taconic Hills, the magnificent property of Mount Lebanon and its surrounding lands consists of 344 acres of forest, field, and stream.

Beauty as observed in nature is an invitation to wonder about the deeper connections of all living things. From this space it becomes ever more evident that our natural world is deeply important to the understanding of the potential in all. We invite you to explore and experience that here.

We look forward to welcoming You to the Abode!

The beauty and inspiration we all experience at the Abode property is a part of our founding teacher’s legacy. As we look to the future, we keep his words close to heart…

“While I hope that some of the skills and meditations that I have presented will be helpful to you, they are useful only as a ladder in attaining the essential objective—awakening consciousness and conscience in everyday life.”

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Visit the Abode

Please register ahead for your stay. Let us know if you plan to visit.

Learn more

5 Abode Rd New Lebanon, NY 12125

Contact Us

Phone: 518-794-8090

Email: frontdesk@theabode.org

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10-5