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This work is the first ever attempt to unravel the evolution of Indian mysticism from Rig – Veda to the present day. Modern Indian mysticism is possibly epitomized by what is known as Surat – shabd – Yoga reference to which has been made since medieval times but the techniques of which was first described by the founder of the Radhasoami faith.This work analysis the salient features of mysticism in the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita, Yoga ...
This work attempts to show that Kabir was not so much social reformer or a secular advocate of Hindu – Muslim unity as a saint who had attained to great spiritual heights. Except in a formal sense Kabir had no spiritual guide and his spiritualism or mysticism was organically related to eroticism.Kabir's eroticism, however, had no place for lust or lechery. When he refers to his wedding with the lord or to his love affair with him, he only ...
Sarmad was a mystic saint of the highest order and had rejected traditional faiths like Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism and had no use for idol – worship, rituals, canonical laws, scriptures, mosques and temples. He was a lover of the Great Name (Ism – i – Azam), the Real Name (Ism – i – ba – Mussamma), and the ‘unstruck melody’ (Saut – i – Sarmadi).
This is the only complete translation of the Mathnawi in the English language from the original Persian with interpretation.The six volumes represent six states in spiritual evolution:Mathnawi Rumi, which Rumi himself described as ‘gnosis inside gnosis’, was planned by him to run in six volumes as verses 3 and 4 of Volume VI reveal. These six volumes have a mystic significance for the spiritual wayfarer and every one of these represents the six ...
The history of twenty – one different civilizations, spanning a period of some nine thousand years, shows that nineteen of these disappeared when the spiritual or religious foundations that sustained them had become corrupt. Each time a people have lost faith in their religion, their civilization has succumbed to domestic social disintegration, or fallen prey to foreign military invasion and depredation. The civilization that falls as a result ...
This is a dictionary of Indian religions, gods, goddesses, saints, rituals, festivals and yoga systems which covers practically all the world religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Parsism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sufism and Sant Mat. The purpose is to enable a keen student of religion to comprehend the basic terms often used in religious studies and discourses and to grasp the idea of a religion that could answer man’s basic needs. The question of ...