Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam. The Sufi surrenders to God, in love, over and over; which involves embracing with love at each moment the content of one's consciousness (one's perceptions, thoughts, and feelings, as well as one's sense of self) as gifts of God or, more precisely, as manifestations of God.
This collection of aphorisms is just a gem of wisdom and mysticism with a
touch of humour. It helps you to discover your very being at the same time as
hinting practical solutions for your daily life: feeling, thinking, speaking,
acting. It is the only book Hazrat Inayat Khan actually wrote himself. All the
others (vide The Sufi Message, Vols. I-XIII) are representations of his
discourses. Besides aphorisms it contains a small yet highly inspiring
collection of prayers. Throughout...
In this text, poet and mystic Andrew Harvey teams with photographer Eryk Hanut to bring the esoteric world of Sufism to life. Harvey's translations of Rumi, Kabir, and Rabia are paired with a compilation of Sufi stories, sayings, folk tales and jests.
"Here is a book on Sufism that conveys the love and passion that belongs to this path. Andrew Harvey speaks with the language of lovers, and his book carries the invisible perfume for which the soul longs".
Renowned for his inspiring...
Islamic Mysticism that is popularly or rather fondly known as Sufism, seems to me very similar to the Upanishadic mysticism. The Sufi mystics of Islam do talk about the unity of the Self with the Supreme self i.e. the Brahman in Upanishadic language. The two separate traditions of spirituality ultimately merge together in fena or realization of the self. The book deciphers the theme in the chapters that follow.
India is a beautiful garden with varied religious flowers and plants...
This is the eleventh volume of the Indian edition of all the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the great Sufi mystic who lectured and taught in the western world. This book and other volumes in this series contain his lectures, discourses and other teachings as taken down in shorthand. The complete series contains fourteen volumes. Each volume is complete in itself, and therefore may be read without any necessity to study following or previous ones. However, one may get a spiritual and mental...
This is the eighth volume of the Indian edition of all the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the great Sufi mystic who lectured and taught in the western world. This book and other volumes in this series contain his lectures, discourses and other teachings as taken down in shorthand.
It covers a wide range of topics as wide apart as Vaccination on the one end and the Awakening of the Soul on the other. The general themes under which the 68 papers can be listed are the following: Sufis, Human Life,...
This book aims at outlining the fundamental tenets of Sufi mysticism, which derived its inspiration from the teachings of the Quran and developed as ‘a process of spiritual culture’ within the framework of Islam. The discussion opens with an introduction acquainting the readers with various attempts at a definition of Sufism and an appreciation of what it holds out for its adherents. Chapters are then devoted to delineations of Sufi concepts of God in immanence and transcendence; the...
This book is a fine companion to the series of Hazrat Inayat Khan`s The Sufi Message. The author, Dr. Elisabeth Keesing is a lifelong devotee of the master and a well-known and laureated writer in the Dutch language field as a historian and as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Also she is the author of the well known biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan, titled Hazrat Inayat Khan: A Biography Delhi 1981. Hazrat Sufi Inayat Khan (Baroda, 1882-Delhi 1927) was a famous musician in his yound...
An extremely accessible and effective book by a great American teacher. Frager's blend of stories, practices, and loving kindness captures the elusive nature of real Sufi teaching. A delight for a curious seeker and a companion to anyone seriously on any spiritual path.
Full of Sufi teachings, meditations, and engaging self-help exercises, this first book on the inner dimensions of Sufi practice will nourish the heart and soul of everyone seeking personal growth, emotional balance,...
This great work by Rumi who has been called the greatest mystical poet of any Age, was forty-three years in the writing. During the past seven hundred years, this book called by Iranians the koran in Persian, a tribute paid to no other book has occupied a central place in Sufism. Rumi`s name is associated with the founding of the order known in Europe as the Whirling Dervishes, and in the east as the path of the master.
This is the tenth volume of the Indian edition of all the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the great Sufi mystic who lectured and taught in the western world. This book and other volumes in this series contain his lectures, discourses and other teachings as taken down in shorthand. The complete series contains fourteen volumes. Each volume is complete in itself, and therefore may be read without any necessity to study following or previous ones. However, one may get a spiritual and mental appetite...
The Divine Light (Pure Consciousness) is central to Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam/Sufism, Platonism/Neoplatonism, Gnosticism and Hermeticism. It is the Universal Spirit within us. With masses of evidence drawn from scholarly sources, this book demonstrates how the archetypal spiritual experiences underlying religious myths are explained scientifically based on the true scientific explanation of The Light and of enlightenment. This overwhelming evidence provides the 'Authority of...
This is the thirteenth volume of the Indian edition of all the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the great Sufi mystic who lectured and taught in the western world. This book and other volumes in this series contain his lectures, discourses and other teachings as taken down in shorthand. The complete series contains fourteen volumes. Each volume is complete in itself, and therefore may be read without any necessity to study following or previous ones. However, one may get a spiritual and mental...
This invocation by Hazrat Inayat Khan represents the truth behind this book, in extremely subtle and meaningful words. The Unity of Religious Ideals may lead you straight on the path to your ideal, discover for you the religion, in whatever form it may appear, waken in yourself the longing for the Light and the Goa, and thus you may find the Self, as a pearl hidden in the shell of your heart. In six parts the whole field of religion is covered from the point of view of the mystic, the...
This volume throws a fresh light on Sufi Inayat Khan’s message. Maybe one of his central themes, the divinity of the human soul, is expressed best here and in a more varied from than in the other volumes.
Apart from teaching in the form of discourses and lectures this book contains autobiographical notes, both on his time in India and the early years of his mission in the West. There are some interesting analyses of life in the East and the West and on the role of mysticism in life, apart...
This great work by Rumi, who has been called 'the greatest mystical poet
of any Age', was forty-three years in the writing. During the past seven hundred
years, this book, called by Iranians 'the Koran in Persian', a tribute paid to
no other book, has occupied a central place in Sufism.
Rumi's name is associated with the founding of the Order known in Europe as the 'Whirling Dervishes', and in the East as 'the Path of the Master'.
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For the first time in the history of Orientals’, a thorough study of ibn al- 'Arabi's thought is now available. William Chittick has given us a translation of numerous passages from the work of the Magister Magnus and placed them in their theological context, thus removing many misunderstandings that have prevailed both among Muslim and in the West when interpreting ibn al-Arabi's mystical worldview. Chittick has done this with admirable clarity, and his book will always remain a most...
This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning god and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate becoming, the state and the station of the mystical ascent to God, and the means whereby literature employs symbols to express 'unseen' realities.
William Chittick translates into English for the first time certain aspects of Rumi's work. He selected and...
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