Essential Sufism

Type

Book

Authors

Fadiman, James

ISBN 10

0785809066

ISBN 13

9780785809067

Tags

Sufism

Abstract

An introduction to Sufism drawing together the most important poems, prayers, proverbs essays and meditations from many Sufi traditions and profiling the key teachers, artists, and philosophers of Sufism along with its history, beliefs and modern-day flowering.

Description

Publisher Comments
Presenting more than three hundred beautiful and inspirational works from all eras of Sufism, from thousand-year-old prayers to contemporary Sufi poetry, this beautiful collection embraces the full diversity of a rich tradition and reveals the heart of Islamic mysticism.

Biblio Notes

Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Fadiman; Robert Frager

ISBN: 0785809066 9780785809067 9780062514752 006251475X
OCLC Number: 39865277
Description: xi, 265 pages ; 22 cm
Contents: Foreword --
Introduction --
The Sufi Way --
Daily Life --
Self-Deception and Self-Knowledge --
The Lower Self --
The World, Mirror of the Divine --
Wisdom --
Hadith, the Words of the Prophet --
Spiritual Experience --
Opening the Heart --
Contemplation and Knowledge --
Love --
Teachers and Students --
Practices --
Sufi Humor --
Virtues --
How to Know God --
Prayer --
Remembrance of God --
Service --
God --
Satan --
Self-Transformation --
Death --
A Note on the Texts and Calligraphy --
Bibliography --
Permission Acknowledgments.
Responsibility: edited by James Fadiman and Robert Frager.

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