Author : M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Publisher : The Fellowship Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0914390732
A collection of nearly 1000 parables and maxims. Open at random and each will inspire you to pause and reflect. With poignant humor, subtle wisdom and piercing truth, each will enrich your faith, open your heart, and challenge you to grow. This new edition includes new material and a more comprehensive index.
Author : M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Publisher : The Fellowship Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 19,38 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780914390671
Author : Martin Lings
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 12,92 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520021747
Author : Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Publisher : The Golden Sufi Center
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,10 MB
Release : 2001-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1890350036
Based on live talks and meetings with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, this is an introduction to the passion and wisdom of the Sufi path of love. The call of the heart and how it draws us back to divine union is one of mankind's greatest secrets, and for the Sufi, this love is a fire that burns away all traces of separation. Vaughan-Lee teaches how to live this burning and describes stages of the path of love on the soul's journey home. Love Is a Fire includes descriptions of the "friends of God," early Sufi saints who burned with the fire of divine love, including Rumi, Ibn 'Arabi, and Rabi'a. It also introduces elements of the path and important tools that purify the wayfarer: tauba, the moment of the turning of the heart when the soul remembers its divine origin; dhikr, the central Sufi practice of remembrance of God through repetition of the name of God or a sacred phrase; meditation, a way of drowning thoughts in the fire of love; and dreamwork, a way of listening and attuning to the mystery of what is hidden within us—the stories of our deeper selves. This book is also available as an audio recording, Love is a Fire and I am Wood, published by Sounds True. “... forged in the fire of the heart, this is a book for all those who are looking for the direct way to connection with the Eternal Now. Simply to read this fine expression of a lifetime's longing is to feel aligned with the Divine Ground.” —Anne Baring, coauthor, The Divine Feminine “... a gift to all seekers, whatever path they are on.” —Andrew Harvey, author, Light Upon Light: A Celebration of Rumi
Author : Abd-al-Wâhid Pallavicini
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781891785566
Bridging the gap between western intellectual traditions and Islamic mysticism, this book explains the meaning of knowledge in the orthodox line of Sufism. Following the living tradition of intellectual René Guénon, the lessons here are intended not as profiles of individual Sufi masters but rather as an expression of an Islamic school of wisdom within the contemplative dimension of Islam.
Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,90 MB
Release : 1984-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791498999
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 states and stations 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 selects and rearranges Rumi's poetry and prose in order to leave aside unnecessary complications characteristic of other English translations and to present Rumi's ideas in an orderly fashion, yet in his own words. Thorough, nontechnical introductions to each chapter, and selections that gradually present a greater variety of terms and images, make this work easily accessible to those interested in the spirituality of any tradition.
Author : Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʻAjībah
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781891785849
Written by 18th-century Moroccan scholar and mystic Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba, this book defines Sufic terminology. Based on four published Arabic editions of the Mi'raj and two manuscript versions, this translation is supplemented by excerpts from some of Ibn 'Ajiba's other works, which offer insights about the essential notions of Sufism: repentance, integrity, love, patience, gratitude, and the Eternal Wine. A comprehensive compilation, this bilingual edition--Arabic and English--celebrates Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba's belief that coming to know and reflect upon these notions could be, in itself, a sort of ascending meditative journey.
Author : Noah Ha Mim Keller
Publisher : Sunna Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Mysticism
ISBN : 9789957231903
Author : M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Publisher : The Fellowship Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0914390015
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 29,10 MB
Release : 2020-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1784790052
The Sufis is the best introduction ever written to the philosophical and mystical school traditionally associated with the Islamic world.Powerful, concise, and intensely thought-provoking, it sums up over a thousand years of Eastern thought - the product of some of the greatest minds humanity has ever produced - into a single work, presenting timeless ideas in a fresh and contemporary style.When the book was originally published in 1964, it launched its author, Idries Shah, on to the international stage, attracting the attention of thinkers and writers such as J. D. Salinger, Doris Lessing, Ted Hughes and Robert Graves.It introduced to the Western world concepts which have subsequently become commonly accepted, varying from the psychological importance of attention and humour, to the use of traditional tales as teaching instruments (what Shah termed 'teaching-stories'), and the historical debt owed by the West to the Middle East in matters scientific, literary and philosophical.As a primer for the many dozens of Sufi books that Shah later produced, it is unsurpassed, offering a clear window onto a community whose system of thought and action has long concerned itself with the advancement of the whole of humankind, and whose ideas about individuals and society, their purpose and direction, need to be understood now more than ever before.
