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Can learning lead to God? For Rumi, knowledge is always partial. The Sufi way, however, can provide a taste of true reality.
In this twelfth-century couplet, Rumi explores the theme of spirituality using symbols from Islamic mysticism commonly associated with the Prophet Muhammad. In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.
In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.
Idries Shah answers questions sent to him from all over the world, 1973.
The Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207–1273), a massive poem of some 25,000 rhyming couplets, by common consent ranks among the world's greatest masterpieces of religious literature.
There are almost no authoratative books readily available for the general reader that provide, in clear and accessible language, an introduction to the spiritual perspective illuminating Rumi's magical poetry. In this beautifully illustrated work, William C.
Know yourself. This has always been the call of wise men to all human beings for centuries. Although there is no distance, knowing ourselves is the longest and the hardest journey that we may ever experience. For we ourselves are the biggest puzzle to be solved.
Ahmad Yasawī and the Yasawī tradition are esteemed ubiquitously by mainstream scholars of Islam, Sūfism and Turkish literature, revered by large numbers of people in the Turkish cultural sphere, and are considered by many to be an important historical aspect of the Turkish spiritual-religious...
A remarkable conspectus of philosophical contacts between East and West through the ages. This important monograph constitutes the whole text of Idries Shah’s Seminar at Sussex University, fully annotated, indexed, and with a bibliography and notes.
These stories are addictive. Read one, the saying goes, and you’ll be stuck reading seven. In fact, Mulla Nasrudin jokes function like memes – working their way into the fabric of society, subtly influencing thought.
Since becoming a sheikh in 1985, founder of the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology Robert Frager has given many sohbets—the Turkish word for the spiritual conversations Sufi teachers hold to inspire their students.
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