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Sufism -- Customs and practices.
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Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
Sufism -- Doctrines.
Sufism -- Customs and practices.
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The garden of truth : the vision and promise of Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
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Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
HarperOne, 2007.
Call #:
297.4 N264g
Subjects
Sufism -- Doctrines.
Sufism -- Customs and practices.
ISBN:
9780060797225
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xvi, 256 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Table of contents also available via World Wide Web.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Table of Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I -- What it Means to be Human-Who are We and What are We Doing Here? -- Part II -- Truth-The Knowledge that Illuminates and Delivers from the Bondage of Ignorance -- Love and Beauty-The Fire that Attracts and Consumes, the Peace that Calms and Liberates -- Goodness and Human Action-To Do His Will and to Conform to the Divine Norm -- How Do We Reach the Garden of Truth?- The Path to the One -- Part III -- Access to the Center-Sufism Here and Now -- Part IV -- Appendix I The Sufi Tradition and the Sufi Orders-Reflections on the Manifestation of Sufism in Time and Space -- Appendix II The Tradition of Gnosis and Doctrinal Sufism -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary:
An introduction to the Sufism branch of Islam profiles the faith as a mystical and poetic system that is one of the world's fastest-growing religions, discussing how Sufism prioritizes the love of God over heavenly rewards.
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