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Here is a rich compendium of the best of this celebrated mystic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJelalludin Rumi (1207-1273) led the quiet life of an Islamic teacher in central Anatolia (modern Turkey) until the age of thirty-seven, when he met a wandering dervish named Shams Tabriz-through whom he encountered the Divine Presence in a way that utterly transformed him. The result of this epiphany was the greatest body of mystical poetry the world has ever seen, and the establishment of a spiritual movement that would eventually stretch from Africa to China, enduring to our own day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of versions of Rumi by Andrew Harvey contains some of the master’s most luminous verse, along with selections from his lesser-read prose works, with the aim of presenting a balanced view of his teaching that includes both the high-flying love of God and the rigorous path of discipline essential for those who seek it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can I – or anyone else-ever cease being astounded That He whom nothing can contain is contained in the Heart?\u003cbr\u003e-Rumi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eThe Call\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eBe a Lover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eOrdeal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eUnion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Andrew Harvey \/ Shambhala \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776169619625,"sku":"11483","price":16.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11483_34077d9e-0b8f-4ad9-bdb6-5924badf65d4.jpg?v=1625514004"},{"product_id":"12610-contemporary-relevance-of-sufism","title":"Contemporary Relevance of Sufism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Syeda Saiyidain Hameed\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Indian Council for Cultural Relations\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 350\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185434050\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmanating from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s interest in Sufism, as expressed in his essay Sarmad Shaheed, an international seminar on Sufism was organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations , which attracted scholars from seventeen countries who contributed fifty papers during the three-day deliberations. This book is a compendium of the presentations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into three sections: 1. Sufism: History and Philosophy 2. Sufism and the Arts 3. Contemporary Relevance of Sufism. Fourteen papers, which have been slotted into the three parts, are the completed texts, while the remaining thirty six are summarized in a separate section. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe articles cover all aspects of Sufism from the deeply philosophical to the essentials of Sufi practice. Several articles on the genesis of Sufism in India cover the movement as it spread from coast to coast, winning people by its creed of love and service to humanity. The practice of Sufism in other parts of the world forms the subject of several other presentations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSYED SAIYIDAIN HAMEED is the editor of India’s Maulana, in four volumes, written to commemorate the birth centenary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. She has translated and edited Rubaiyat of Sarmad including Azad’s essay Sarmad Shaheed. 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It then states the tenets of Islam, as accepted by the Sufis and tries to prove that Sufism as a system lies within and not without the founds of orthodoxy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Further it discusses the various stations of the Sufis such as fear, hope, love etc. and also discusses the technical terms of the Sufis.  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It provides information about the Saints, their practices and thoughts which are not available elsewhere, including accounts on Khwaja Mu’in’ud-Din Chishti, Khwaja Qutubu’d-Din, Hamza Shahi, Baha’ud-din Zakaria, Sadru’d-Dun- Shaykh Ahmad Ma’shuq, attar, Jalau’d-din Rumi, Faridu’d Din, Baba Ratan, Mas’ud Ghazi, Bibi Pakdaman, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is an effort to place before the readers, in systematic form, the varied and extensive thought, and often hidden material and practices of Sufism, some of which is drawn from the original sources of Urdu and Persian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface of Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER \u003cbr\u003e1.The Early History of Sufism\u003cbr\u003e2.Later Development of Sufism\u003cbr\u003e3.The Sufi Gnostic System\u003cbr\u003e4.The Path - The Stages of the Path\u003cbr\u003e5.The Path (Continued) - Devotion to the pir-Sufi devotions\u003cbr\u003e6.Notable features of Sufi Practice\u003cbr\u003e7.The Introduction of Sufism into India Baba Ratan\u003cbr\u003e8.The Relation of Sufism to Indian Thought\u003cbr\u003e9.The Origin of Religious Orders\u003cbr\u003e10.The Flour Main Orders\u003cbr\u003e11.The Chishti Order\u003cbr\u003e12.The Chishti Order after the death of Mu’inu’d-Din\u003cbr\u003e13.The Nizami and Sabiri Section of the Chishti Order\u003cbr\u003e14.The Chishti Order in The West\u003cbr\u003e15.The Suhrawardi Order\u003cbr\u003e16.The Sub-divisions of the Suhrawardi Order\u003cbr\u003e17.The Qadiri Order - Some early Saints of the Order\u003cbr\u003e18.The Qadiri Order (Continued) - The Husayn Shahi and Miyan Khel Sections.\u003cbr\u003e19.The Naqshbandi Order - The early Saints of the Naqshbandi Order in India\u003cbr\u003e20.The Naqshbandi Order -The doctrine or Qayyumiyat\u003cbr\u003e21.Some Minor Orders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. A List of the Principal Saints of Indian Sufism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB. 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This is the first comprehensive translation to appear in English from India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLatif’s unique treatment and allegorical interpretations of common folk tales, like Sasui-Punhonn, are truly relevant tin today’s atmosphere of religious strife. The Sufis, as is known, were great integrators and Latif’s poetry draws freely from both Islamic and Vedanti traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLatif’s verse, which is heard frequently in the voices of well-known singers, finds renewed creative energy in this translation. This volume includes an introduction by the renowned sufi scholar Padmashree Dr Motilal Jotwani.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy search everywhere? Nearer than your breath is he just remove the screen between you and him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown as one of the greatest sufi works in history, Shah Abdul Latif’s Shah Jo Risalo is a prayer, a cry for the beloved. Written more than 250 years ago, Latif’s poetry is deeply rooted in the human experience of searching for the self-a self that is one with the nirakaar, the omnipresent, centered within yet diffuse as attar. Katha proudly presents the first ever English translation of the Risalo in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the end of the 17th century, there appeared the greatest Sufi poet of Sindh, Shah Abdul Latif, who infused new life into the desert.\u003cbr\u003e-The Indian Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHAH ABDUL LATIF (1689-1752) has been aptly called the people’s poet, revered alike by the elite and the common folk. He remains one of the greatest sufi poets in history along with Rumi (1207-1273)and Mir Dard (1721-1785). Often changed in spiritual séances, Latif’s poems have an immediate emotional appeal. They are about love for humanity and depict the seeker’s direct relationship with the Supreme instead of a particular religious group looking for scriptural instructions and injunctions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Shah Abdul Latif \/ Katha \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40785639538857,"sku":"18597","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18597.jpg?v=1625526125"},{"product_id":"6903-the-sufi-message-vol-iv-mental-purification-and-healing","title":"The Sufi Message - Vol. IV : Mental Purification and Healing","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Hazrat Inayat Khan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 299\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120806018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 to continue reading .  One will find that a meditative way of reading will convey not only the words but also the spiritual power emanating from them, tuning mind, heart and soul to the pitch which is one's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the fourth volume of the Sufi Message by Hazrat Inayat Khan.  It includes three works—the first, ‘Healing is a collection’ of teachings on spiritual healing.  In this work the Sufi mystic discusses the basic laws governing the mind’s influence on the body, which he consider greater than that of the physical body on the mental existence, and he emphasizes the need for a stronger awareness of the possibilities which spiritual healing can offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Mental Purification’ is a collection of lectures on the working and hygiene of the mind in relation to the spirit.  This part conveys in a beautiful way the synthesis that can be gained between inner life and life in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume concludes with ‘The Mind World’—which in the terms of the Sufi poets is called ‘The Palace of Mirrors’—and expression which Inayat Khan takes as symbolizing on different levels, the whole of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMental Purification\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mind-World\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Hazrat Inayat Khan \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785832870057,"sku":"6903","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/6903.jpg?v=1625529566"},{"product_id":"6907-the-sufi-message-vol-viii-sufi-teachings","title":"The Sufi Message -  Vol. VIII : Sufi Teachings","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Hazrat Inayat Khan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 339\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120806840\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How the words ‘love’, ‘harmony’, and ‘beauty’ delight the heart of everyone who hears them” is the opening sentence of this volume.  The author, Hazrat Sufi Inayat Khan, has labeled his message as the Sufi message of love, Harmony and Beauty, because in the present world these qualities seem to be underrated if not neglected altogether.  Moreover, spirituality cannot exist without these.  The first prerequisite, however, even to experience the delight he mentions above, is an open heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 to continue reading .  One will find that a meditative way of reading will convey not only the words but also the spiritual power emanating from them, tuning mind, heart and soul to the pitch which is one's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sufism has never had a first exponent or a historical origin.  It existed from the beginning, because man has always possessed the light which is his second nature; And light in its higher aspect may be called the knowledge of God, the divine wisdom—in fact, Sufism.. Sufism has always been practiced and its messengers have been people of the heart . . .”  These are the inspiring opening phrases of this book of enlightenment.  It contains lectures and meditations given by Hazrat Sufi Inayat Khan in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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, The Will, Philosophy, Religion, Balance, and Inner Life and Spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book thus forms a complement to the previous volumes.  At the same time it serves as an excellent introduction in its own right to the Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts author, Hazrat Inayat Khan has produced these tests in the form of lectures.  It is marvelous to see how his views seem to have gained in value over time.  They present a wonderful informal type of guide book through life, without any rules or regulations.  He often refers to the inner path of the Sufis.  He instituted an esoteric school which is incorporated in the Sufi Movement, and which helps people along who feel moved by this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Series\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eHistory of the Sufis\u003cbr\u003eSufism\u003cbr\u003eThe Sufi’s Aim\u003cbr\u003eThe Different Stages of Spiritual Development\u003cbr\u003eThe Prophetic Tendency\u003cbr\u003eSeeing\u003cbr\u003eSelf-discipline\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Control\u003cbr\u003eHealth\u003cbr\u003eHarmony\u003cbr\u003eBalance\u003cbr\u003eStruggle and Resignation\u003cbr\u003eRenunciation\u003cbr\u003eThe Difference between Will, Wish, and Desire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eThe Law of Attraction\u003cbr\u003ePairs of Opposites\u003cbr\u003eResist not Evil\u003cbr\u003eJudging\u003cbr\u003eThe Privilege of being Human\u003cbr\u003eOur God Part and our Man Part \u003cbr\u003eMan, the Seed of God\u003cbr\u003eEvolution\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual circulation through the Veins of Nature\u003cbr\u003eDestiny and Free Will\u003cbr\u003eDivine impulse\u003cbr\u003eThe Law of Life\u003cbr\u003eManifestation, Gravitation, Assimilation, and Perfection\u003cbr\u003eKarma and Reincarnation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eLife in the Hereafter\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystical Meaning of the Resurrection\u003cbr\u003eThe Symbol of the Cross\u003cbr\u003eOrpheus\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystery of Sleep\u003cbr\u003eConsciousness\u003cbr\u003eConscience\u003cbr\u003eThe Gift of Eloquence\u003cbr\u003eThe Power of Silence\u003cbr\u003eHoliness\u003cbr\u003eThe Ego\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of the New Era\u003cbr\u003eThe Deeper Side of Life\u003cbr\u003eLife’s Mechanism\u003cbr\u003eThe Smiling Forehead\u003cbr\u003eThe Spell of Life\u003cbr\u003eSelflessness\u003cbr\u003eThe Conservative Spirit\u003cbr\u003eCharacter-building\u003cbr\u003eRespect and Consideration\u003cbr\u003eGraciousness\u003cbr\u003eOverlooking\u003cbr\u003eConciliation\u003cbr\u003eOptimism and Pessimism\u003cbr\u003eHappiness\u003cbr\u003eVaccination and Inoculation\u003cbr\u003eMarriage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eLove\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart Quality\u003cbr\u003eThe Turning of the Heart (1)\u003cbr\u003eThe Turning of the Heart (2)\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul, Its Origin and Unfoldment\u003cbr\u003eThe Unfoldment of the Soul\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul’s Desire\u003cbr\u003eThe Awakening of the Soul (1)\u003cbr\u003eThe Awakening of the Soul (2)\u003cbr\u003eThe Awakening of the Soul (3)\u003cbr\u003eThe Maturity of the Soul\u003cbr\u003eThe Dance of the Soul\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Hazrat Inayat Khan \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785833459881,"sku":"6907","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/6907.jpg?v=1625529571"},{"product_id":"6913-the-sufi-message-a-set-of-14-volumes-with-index","title":"The Sufi Message -  A Set of 14 volumes with Index","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Hazrat Inayat Khan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1995-2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 3848\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120804953\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis final volume offers a multiple entry-gate to volumes I-XIII of ‘The Sufi Message’ of ‘Hazrat Inayak Khan’. The fourteen volumes of this series are now offered as one complete set..  This is the very first time a thorough detailed index of earlier thirteen volumes has been compiled.  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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis final volume offers a multiple entry-gate to volumes I-XIII of ‘The Sufi Message’ of ‘Hazrat Inayak Khan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4The 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 to continue reading .  One will find that a meditative way of reading will convey not only the words but also the spiritual power emanating from them, tuning mind, heart and soul to the pitch which is one's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the very fist time a thorough, detailed index of these volumes has been compiles.  It contains more than three thousand main entries with over fourteen thousand individual references.  Both subjects and names have been included.  The subjects are given in contextual phrases for words with many entries, such as ‘God’, ‘heart’ and ‘soul’, so as to facilitate location of a more specific reference.  Titles of books and chapter headings and sub-headings are also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe index is an indispensable tool for any student of the Sufi Message.  This is due not only to the large quantity of material in thirteen volumes, but also to the content.  Although in a sense Hazrat Inayat Khan’s work is very systematic, the subject matter covered cannot really be deduced from the chapter-headings alone since ‘everything relates to everything’.  This general statement in terms of mystical philosophy is an essential characteristic.  The implication is that even with this Index the reader cannot be assured of tracing the totality of the teaching on a given subject.  Each student may create his or her own index formed by feeling and intuition, and a more refined knowledge of the philosophy and methods of Hazrat Inayat Khan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Hazrat Inayat Khan \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40789630025897,"sku":"6913","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/files\/suficover_f64d2f71-5e55-468e-bf1c-ad1f711867ba.png?v=1778161673"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/collections\/featured-sufism-books.oembed","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}