Zakir naik introduction in the series of articles on this subject, we shall seek to find similarities or common ground between two major religions of the world. The scale was tested by hood and others in a comparative perspective. Introduction to sufism the canadian society of muslims. Unlike other world religions, hinduism has no founder. Must read books on sufism online ebooks you cannot become a sufi mystic. In the west, inayat khan is generally known for his broadminded metaphysical sufi teachings rather than for his musicianship, even though he came to the west as a professor of music and music theory whilst being an acknowledged gentleman musician. Evelyn underhill was an english writer and pacifist known for her many works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular christian mysticism. But sufi movement failed to resolve confronting hindu muslim dilemma in indian.
Get mulla principles of hindu law pdf file for free on our ebook library pdf file. This course explores the mystical dimension of islam, with a bold, poetic, and mystical emphasis on the legacy of human and divine love. Withinfinite licence they ingeniously quote therefrom, and still moreingeniously addtheir ownexplanations whennecessary. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Search results for hindu find thousands of ebooks on. Despite these general stages, however, the history of islamic mysticism is largely a history of individual mystic experience. Mystical hinduism mystical paths of worlds religions. These reflected the background of the student or listener and included hindu, christian, and muslim religious traditions. Christian and buddhist in meeting him one seemed to meet that true man of no title that chuang tzu and the zen masters speak of. A popular expression of muhammads religion in the western world today is sufism, islam s mystical way. They differ in many respects including idol worship, monotheism and their history. Bridal mysticism was a way of attaining their beloved the god to andal, akkamahadevi and mirabai.
Bismi allahirrahmanirrahim the word sufi is derived from the arabic word suf which means wool and which refers to the coarse woolen robes that were worn by the prophet muhammad pbuh and by his close companions. Tensions rose and soon rioting broke out, leading to. Sufism, or tasawwuf in arabic, is practiced by many muslims around the world, both shia and sunni, as a personal, mystical, or. Zaehner, 9781851680467, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
In meeting dr suzuki and drinking a cup of tea with him i felt i. This book is a good introduction to start your studies on the teachings of the hindu mystics. The religions are discussed separately but comparisons are offered wherever appropriate. When in medieval rabbinicalism, mysticism as an interior process began to develop in earnest, it started out in the same way it did for the hindus. Communities and ideas excerpts from the letters of ibn abbad of ronda, trans. Pdf alghazali, passages from deliverance from error, trans w. Indeed this prophecy has come true with the prevalence of sects and deviant beliefs within the religion of islam. Originally, mysticism was a purely religious concept, referring to the experience of the direct union of the individual soul with the divine. Pdf michael sells, early muslim spirituality and mysticism in the muslim almanac, ed. From islamic asceticism to islamic mysticism article pdf available december 1999 with 1,778 reads. A comparative study of mystical experience among christian. The measurement instrument is based on hoods mysticism scale. The hidden tradition of christian mysticism carl mccolman. Nodoubt there werepolitical reasons foradopting this method ofconcealing heterodox ideas under thecloak oforthodoxy.
Hindu mysticism hinduism is a religion of profound magic, the most precious and truly supernatural religion on planet earth. Bismi allahirrahmanirrahim the word sufi is derived from the arabic word suf which means wool and which refers to the coarse woolen. Wordforword transcriptions of zakir naiks dialogues. Another title that digs deeply into one religious tradition is teachings of the hindu mystics, edited by andrew harvey. I chose the subject of hindu and muslim mysticism because it seemed to me that, voluminous as the literature on mysticism is, much of it starts from the quite unproven premiss that mysticism is a more or less uniform phenomenon appearing in all the great religious traditions. Publication date 2016 topics hindu, muslim, mysticism, sufism, vedanta collection opensource language. The greek root myein, to close the eyes, is also the root. By 1800, the vast majority of what is today indonesia professed islam and much of indonesias ancient hindu and buddhist history had been all but forgotten, its monumental architecture in. Comparative mysticism available for download and read online in other formats. Rumi has remained an influential figure in islamic mystical discourse since the.
This book is a systematic introduction to hindu mysticism as it evolved in india through the ages. Hinduism on the other hand is religious tradition that originated in the indian subcontinent in the pre. Mysticism article about mysticism by the free dictionary. Besides kabir, there were other muslim saints who were venerated by hindus and muslims alike. Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness, together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them. But these political mystics not only divided the society on the basis of religion but their doctrine created a permanent hindu muslim conflict in the region.
What mysticism their was took the form of apocalyptic visions in which the heathens and the gentiles get whats coming to them. You will be glad to know that right now mulla principles of hindu law pdf is available on. Hinduism vs islam difference and comparison diffen. Teachings of the hindu mystics kindle edition by harvey. The third and most sophisticated form can be presented as arguing. The earliest hindu texts, the vedas, say that they were given by god to seven seers at the dawn of time. Practical mysticism by evelyn underhill free pdf download. Mysticism has become a highly imprecise term, partially because various popular writers have come to associate it with the occult and anything mysterious. Islam is a monotheistic abrahamic religion, founded by prophet muhammad in the middle east in the 7th century ce. Dec 26, 2001 included are writings of mirabai circa 14981546, ramprasad 17181775, and aurobindo 18721950 and excerpts from their sacred scriptures. Moore lecturer in comparative religion, the university of kent at canterbury the analytical study of mysticism has had a continuous history from the time of william james the varieties ofreligious experience i 902. The source of mysticism and the mystical elements in islam are to be traced to the quran and the islamic doctrine itself. Mysticism in the islamic context has traditionally been intertwined with the notion of.
Hood developed a mysticism scale based on the theoretical work of stace. He was perhaps the only sincere muslim prince, whose effort was to find a common ground between hindu and muslim religious thought islamic mysticism in india by nagendra kumar singh, page 179. Similarities between islam and hinduism part 1 by dr. Social location of vertical mysticism among christian, muslim. Pdf an analytical study of rise and development of sufism. In fact, there are rich similarities that both religions share. The part on hinduism focuses on the classical upanishads, the yogasutras, the bhagavadgita, and ramanujas commentary on them. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences. Javad nurbakhsh key features of sufism in early islamic period.
Zaehner school of oriental and african studies, the university of london. Mysticism is not an intellectual theory, it is fundamentally an active, formative, creative, elevating and ennobling principle of life. A comparative study of mystical experience among christian, muslim, and hindu students in tamil nadu, india. Annemarie schimmel, mystical dimensions of islam, 2397. Thus they use the available symbols of their culturalreligious milieu to describe their experience. Parallels between sufism and christianity the path of. Such, in brief, is the meaning of ehsan and the place it holds in islam. These similarities are so strong and basic, its a wonder that there are any tensions between the two. Mysticism in arabic and islamic philosophy stanford.
Hindus borrowed ideas and concepts from muslim astronomy, calendar zich, medicine, metullargy, and a special branch of horoscopy called tajik, while the muslim scholars studied hindu scriptures, vedanta and the hindu medical science of ayurveda, hindu astrology and the techniques of yoga and meditation. Conflict between hindus and muslims reached a boiling point after britain granted india independence in 1947 and divided the country into two states india, which was predominantly hindu, and pakistan, which was predominantly muslim. Hinduism is a way of life of the hindu people of india, their diaspora, and some other regions which had hindu influence in the ancient and medieval times. Therefore some old writers referred to the trash or poison of mysticism and others spoke of its vagueness or crude. Passion to the essential spirituality of life was hardly found in any muslim ruler or prince except dara shikoh 16151659. On the surface, it may seem that islam and hinduism have nothing in common. Hinduism on the other hand is religious tradition that originated in the indian subcontinent in the preclassical era 1500500 bce and does not have a specific founder. Parallels between sufism and christianity during his life, the prophet muhammad pbuh prophesized that islam will be divided into sects just as judaism and christianity did before it. Pdf the making of hinduchristian dialogue in australia. She was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the twentieth century.
Islamic mysticism had several stages of growth, including 1 the appearance of early asceticism, 2 the development of a classical mysticism of divine love, and 3 the rise and proliferation of fraternal orders of mystics. And of course this is the man one really wants to meet. In this video were going to be exploring some conceptual crossovers between islamic and jewish mysticism, mutual metaphysics, similar soteriologys and twin. Mystics exist within most religions, though not all people who practice religions are mystics. Just as the christian type cannot be understood without reference to christianity, so the mohammedan type must be viewed in connexion with the outward and inward development of islam. In india, mysticism took many forms and sufism was accepted as a natural phenomenon by many gurus and saints. Sufism islamic mysticism mysticism is concerned with the nature of reality, the individuals struggle to attain a clear vision of reality, and the transformation of consciousness that accompanies such vision.
Hinduism and islam are the third and second most popular religions in the world respectively. To what extent can agreement with mystical experience among christian, muslim, and hindu college students be explained by personal sociocultural, socioeconomic, and socioreligious characteristics. In meeting dr suzuki and drinking a cup of tea with him i felt i had met this one man. The interaction of islam and hinduism 123 an aspect of the cultural life of islamic india that demands special consideration is the nature of the interaction of faith and practice that took place between islam and hinduism. Not only does it take you back to the ages of the kings, but also to a time when knights in shining. The current interest in sufism can be largely explained by pointing to the same factors which account for the. Get an ad free experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. Mabzoor nomani ch 9 structure of belief and practice simply because some sections of its followers have committed some mistakes. I chose the hindu and muslim varieties for three reasons. Both religions believe that god gave man free will so. An introduction to the history, practices, and beliefs of sufi islam.
Practical mysticism in islam and christianity offers a comparative study of the works of the sufipoet jalal aldin rumi 12071273 and the practical teachings of the german dominican, meister eckhart c1260278. The path by which it is reached is known popularly, as sulook or tareeq. Pdf comparative mysticism download full pdf book download. Using an abridged version of hoods mysticism scale, we join the debate with a study of a much larger number of christian, muslim, and hindu respondents 1,920 college students living in tamil nadu, india. Download fulltext pdf an analytical study of rise and development of sufism. Karl rahner, one of the most renowned christian theologians of the twentieth century, once famously remarked that the christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist at all.
This book, based upon a jordan lecture in comparative religion of 1959, traces the development of mystical thought during the formative periods of the hindu and muslim traditions. Mysticism simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. There are, however, a variety of factors involved that make the study of this interaction exceedingly complex and prevent any very assured conclusions being attained. From drawbridges and moats to fort walls and watch towers, everything about a castle is magical. The inner path in hinduism is a wellmarked one, and yet to the casual observer it may appear to be lost in a mire of superstition and the rote worship of many gods. List of books and articles about religious mysticism online. Sufism download books, sacred, spiritual texts and pdf e. This article first appeared in forward volume 9, number 1 1986. Techniques of handling the question and answer session. Mysticism is the belief that people can directly experience god or true reality, rather than through books, ritual or other people. It has always been so and should be perpetuated as such for centuries and centuries into the future. The spirit of mysticism is to resolve any dilemma confronting the society.