Articles about sufism (0-41 of 41)

  • Hot Yoga - The Hatha Yoga Type
    By: Summer Mendies | - Hatha yoga of hot yoga is a type of yoga which was established in India within the fifteenth century by yogi Swatmarama. It has developed as the popular types of yoga. At present, it is primarily practiced for well-being and added energy. Hatha yoga of hot yoga is known as a slow-paced yoga. It is quite mild in form and comprises important poses which boosts circulation within one aspect to the other. It is most effective for those who are new to yoga. Those who are clouded by busy activities an ...
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  • Ceremonies Associated With A Sindhi Matrimony
    By: Ankush Singhal | - Sindhi people originally hail from the province of Sindh, the region now a part of Pakistan. Many community members have moved out of the province and settled in various countries of the world. They are unified by one common language-Sindhi. The community members practice different religions like Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism. Further, they are divided into tribes according to the religion practiced. The Sindhi Matrimony ceremonies depend on the religion of the commun ...
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  • Pre-wedding Rituals In Sindhi Matrimony
    By: Ankush Singhal | - There is a vital importance of the institution of marriage in the Indian culture, where the sanctity and richness of the traditions are well maintained, in any community, whether it is Hindu matrimony or Sindhi matrimony. The nuptial knot is the basic concept of any Indian family or social community in India.

    A wedding is not just a union of the couple, but also their families. Wedding is believed to be a communion of the souls of the bride and the groom and the alliance is defines ...

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  • Interesting Wedding Ceremonies In Sindhi Community
    By: Nags | - In Sindhi community, there are special priests known as Mehraj, specializing in matchmaking and a Guryanni, who is mainly known for carrying the horoscopes of eligible boys and girls from house to house.

    Sindhi weddings usually take place on an auspicious day, like all other Hindu Indian weddings. It is believed that the Satyanarayan Chandsi and the New Moon day are some of the most preferred days. In this article let us explore the rituals followed by the Sindhis in general.
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  • The Savant Farabi-alpharabius: Abu Nasr Muhammad Al-farabi
    By: Mehmet Okonsar | - Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (Farabi), widely known throughout the western arena as Alpharabius (c.872-951) was born of Persian parents inside the small village of Wasij near Farab (Turkestan).

    Hardly anything is in fact famous about al-Farabi's living. He was basically of Turkic origins, as well as he is thought to have been introduced to Baghdad by his father, who had been most probably inside the Turkish bodyguard on the Caliph.

    Farabi analyzed school of thought and e ...

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  • The Beginnings Of Islamic Fundamentalism Or Not: Al Ghazali
    By: Mehmet Okonsar | - Al-Ghazali was born in Tus, eastern Persia, close to the current town of Meshed, in 1058. He died in 1111.

    His father seems be a modest but pious merchant. Al-Ghazali had been orphaned while very young, but funds put together to pursue the extended training program which brought to him recognition like a physician from the sacred law, and also to work as a scholar and lawyer within the well-endowed theological schools (madrasa) that have been being established within the Seljuk doma ...

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  • Meditation And Meditation Benefits
    By: Max Muller | - Broadly speaking meditation can be defined as a self induced change of state of mind for the purpose of heightening certain awareness or attention, or for emotional well being.

    However, the narrower definitions vary according to the beliefs surrounding them. As beliefs differ among different people, so the understanding and practice of meditation differ just as greatly.

    Some of the more commonly known types of meditation tend to be the legacies of the Eastern religions ...

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  • Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Distinct Pakistani Poet
    By: Adrian Fisher | - We could call Pakistan a land of very gifted authors, one of whom we are to discuss below. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was the first chief editor of Pakistan Times. He had master degrees both in English and Arabic and is famous for his Urdu works. Among his journalistic career is interesting to be mentioned that he was assigned as an editor of several other newspapers like the monthly Mahanama, Imroze and Lail-o-Nihar.

    Some of the main ideas that he communicates through his works is the firm ...

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  • History Fo Meditation
    By: Lea | - Meditation is supposed to be one of the most effective and useful technique of good living world wide.
    Though first references of meditation technique are found in Hindu scripture.infact, almost all type of religious doctrine adapted and brought in use meditation as a major tool of maintaining a healthy balance of body and mind.
    Geographically, the technique of meditation started in the northern part of Indian sub continent. But after ward it was spread rapidly around the world aroun ...

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  • Explore Tours Of India Golden Triangle
    By: Varun Thomas | - Wondering why the most famous travel circuit in India is known as Golden Triangle? If you will look at Indian map, then three cities (Delhi, Agra and Jaipur) included in this circuit will appear to form a triangle and hence contributes to its etymology. Tours of India golden triangle are quite famous among foreign nationals especially those who are visiting country for the first time. These characteristically diverse cities gives a glimpse of what India is all about i.e. its profound history, co ...
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  • The Enneagram And Eft
    By: Barkley Smith | - The Enneagram has been called the spiritual seekers Myers Briggs, and is used by millions of people around the world as a psychological tool, a vehicle for mapping the ego, and to aid in ones spiritual growth. The word the Greek words, ennea (nine) and grammos (something written or drawn) and refers to the symbol of a nine-pointed diagram, usually within a circle. It has elements of Kabbalah, Sufism, Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, ancient Babylonian and Egyptian principles. The Iliad and ...
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  • Visit Bayazid Bastami Tomb Near Shahrud During Your Travel To Iran
    By: Rahman Mehraby | - Bayazid Bastami Tomb is located in Bastam which is in Semnan province of Iran. It is, in fact, a complex which has many other well-known burial structures. The tomb can be seen to the north of the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Mohammad in Bastam. The architectural style is very simple with a marble slab on the grave inscribed with sayings by Hazrat Ali.

    This resting place is dedicated to Hazrat Bayazid. His grandfather was a Zoroastrian who became a Muslim. He had three sons and Bayazid ...

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  • Electronic Press Kit For A R Rahman
    By: sid tivatne | -

    Electronic Press Kit also known as Electronic Media Kit is a superior and electronic version of traditional press kit, used by artistes for the promotion of their art.

    A R Rahman

    A R Rahman is a renowned Indian composer and musician. In a career that has spanned for more than two decades, Rahman has churned out numerous hit musical numbers including the internationally acclaimed song Jai Ho from the Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millioanire. The song won hi ...

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  • Identity, Cultural Pluralism And State : South Asia In Perspective!
    By: A. Mittal | - DK Number: DK-201129
    ISBN: 0230638597
    Imprint: New Delhi : Anthropological Survey of India, in association with Macmillan Publishers India,
    Physical Desc.: xxiv, 541 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
    Series Information: (Macmillan advanced research series)
    Year: 2009
    Price: USD 99.45
    Nature Or Scope: Contributed articles.
    Subject Strings: Ethnicity--India.
    Ethnicity--South Asia.
    Cultural pluralism--India.
    Cultural plural ...

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  • New Age Christianity
    By: newagephilosopher | - Charles Filimore and Myrtle Filimore founded the Unity School of Christianity, based on New Age Philosophy.

    Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Claire Prophet founded the Church Universal and Trimuphant, based on New Age beliefs.

    One of the most popular and expanding Churches is the Church of Oprah, with more than 4 million adherents. Oprah Winfrey is hailed as a New Age philosopher.

    New Age is nothing but Gnostic Christianity. In the West, there are Gnostic Churche ...

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  • Nizari Kohistani
    By: Ibrahim | - "Naimuddin bin Jalaluddin bin Muhammad Nizari Kohistani was born in Birjand in 645/1247. He got the rudiments of his formal education at home from his father, who was also a poet himself and a devout Ismaili. Nizari attended school in Birjand and Qain, and studied Persian and Arabic literature. His father was a land-lord in Birjand, but lost his estate during the Mongol onslaught in Kohistan and subsequently, Nizari had to serve at the court of Shamsuddin Muhammad I (643-684/1245-1285), the foun ...
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  • Are Superhuman Capabilities Only Exist In Movies ?
    By: Azam Zulkifli | - Everybody is searching for ways to improve their life. It doesnt matter who you are. While others refuse and do not bother to even give a glance look at the truth that was standing in front of their eyes all along. In the end when life become harder the make a lousy choice to end their life.

    According to world suicide statistic ( refer : http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-statistics.html ) there are ;

    1.Over one million people die by suicide worldwide ea ...

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  • Los Angeles Foreclosures Benefits And Tips On Buying Your Perfect Home
    By: Melanie | - If you are daunted by the high estate prices in California, you can now fulfil the dream of owning your house within your budget through Los Angeles foreclosures. The largest city in the state of California, owning a foreclosed property here has a great number of benefits.

    Benefits
    Flourishing economy Los Angeles in one of the worlds important business and international trade centre and is home to some of the top fortune 500 companies like Northrop Grumman, ...

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  • A Trip To Iran Unfolds Two Historical Eras For You
    By: Rahman Mehraby | - Iran is a land of great cultural diversity. Although Islam is the dominant religion here, there was a time when Islam had not been born here. On your trip to Iran, you will discover the two diverse historical eras, which speak their own language and have their own specialties.

    Once you reach Iran, you will be awed by the artistic architecture and learn more about Iran on your sojourn here. The two eras involved have to do with before and after the advent of Islam in Iran.
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  • Pune Visit
    By: David H Urmann | - Pune is the second largest city in the Indian State of Maharashtra. It is 160 Kilometers away from Mumbai (Bombay), the capital city of Maharashtra. The city is located on the Western Ghats of the Deccan Plateau, at the confluence of the rivers Mula and Mutha.
    Amidst fast paced industrial and IT development, Pune is among the fastest growing cities in India. It is a known Automobile hub and is often called the Detroit of India. It is also called the Boston of India because with Nine Uni ...

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  • Plant Spirit Shamanism: The Way Of The Lover - Sufi Healing
    By: ross heaven | - According to Sufi legend, the Prophet Sulaymn was the first to learn the healing properties of flowers and herbs while he was at prayer one day, and a flower sprang up and greeted him. Sulaymn returned the greeting and asked the flower what it wanted. It replied that it was a healer. Sulaymn noted this and, seeing his interest, other flowers grew around him and told him their healing secrets too, until he knew the cure for all diseases.

    Flowers heal, it is said, becaus ...

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  • The Way Of The Lover
    By: ross heaven | - Syed Hamraz Ahsan was born into a Sufi Syed family and is a descendant of the prophet Mohammed. His grandfather was a pir (Sufi saint) and spiritual healer, who belonged to the Sufi Qadiriyyah Order, one of the oldest and most respected in the Indian subcontinent. In 2007, Syed Ahsan provided the introduction to my book, The Way Of The Lover: Rumi and the Spiritual Art of Love.

    I follow the religion of Love;
    Whatever way Love's camels take,
    That is my religion ...

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  • Rumi And Shams: The Way Of The Lover
    By: ross heaven | - Jalaluddin Rumi, the great Sufi mystic and love poet, was born 800 years ago, in the city of Balkh (now in Afghanistan), Eastern Persia, to surroundings of wealth and power. His well-to-do family, relatives to the king of Khorasan, were scholars, theologians, and statesmen, and it seemed clear that Rumi would follow them into a profession befitting a member of the elite.

    Rumi, however, was something of a rebel, more motivated by freedom and the quest for love and truth, than by s ...

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  • Love's Simple Truths
    By: ross heaven | - Love is the order of the universe and we are its atoms.
    It is the ocean and we are its drops
    Through love the heavens are brilliant;
    Without love even suns and moons are eclipsed

    Wherever and whenever people meet, it is never long before love and relationships their problems and confusions, their bliss and beauty - is discussed.

    Love is as essential to us as air; a force that drives us all. It determines who we are, who we become, what ...

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  • A General Look At Alchemy Part 4
    By: Luxamore | - Steps in Alchemy

    Every spiritual system has its steps or phases of development. The Qabalist has his guide in the fruits and the paths of the "Tree of Life." Mahayana Buddhism teaches its adherents the various "bhumis," or "grounds" that has to be passed; other traditions such as Sufism and Yoga similarly have designated the rungs of the spiritual ladder. The 33 degrees of Freemasonry has its prototype in the vetebrae of the human spine. Kundalini is supposed to climb 33 rungs bef ...

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  • The Christ, Ratu Adil & Satria Piningit--revealed?! Part 2
    By: Luxamore | - The Mystical Christ and the Anti-Christ

    Christ may be interpreted mythically, historically, or mystically. In metaphysics we come to realize that there is a distinction between Jesus the man, and Christ the Saviour. From a mystical viewpoint Christ represents a certain occult principle within the microcosm. It is actually what is called the "Higher Self," "Christ Consciousness," or in psychology, the "superconsciousness." Certain esoteric teachings know Christ to be the Spiritual ...

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  • Glimpses Of Esoteric Christianity Part 2
    By: Luxamore | - He who attunes with the harmony of the Cosmos, with Tao, with the Divine I AM, feeds and expands the flame--like the Colombes tending the sacred fire in Vesta's temple--which results in a greater manifestation of God, the Shekinah, in man's expression in the world of Malkuth--Assiah, God's footstool. Glorified by the divinity of his God-presence, man manifests his full divine potential with the fruits of the Tree of Life in full development with the aspects of will/power, love/wisdom, intelligen ...
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  • Do You Really Want To Listen To The Wolf?
    By: Adam Kayce | - Imagine a red-eyed, drooling timber wolf breathing over your shoulder while you sit at your computer.

    Your fingers tremble... the monitor fogs up... but still, you're trying to type those emails.

    Pretty soon, though, your fear gets the best of you. And when that happens, working becomes very, very difficult. You procrastinate, avoid, daydream; anything to not have to face the feeling that at any moment, that wolf could get... hungry.

    Far fetched? N ...

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  • The Meaning Of Holy War
    By: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen | - My brothers and sisters in Iman-Islam, let us speak further on the meaning of holy war, or Jihad. If we understand the Qur'an properly, and if we understand the traditions of the Prophet (Sal.), then Islam will be the water of grace for the entire world. It will cleanse everyone of their dirt and quench their thirst. It will make all hearts peaceful and be the very pulse of life the heartbeat for all the children of Adam (A.S.) for all of creation.

    A direct revelation to Muha ...

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  • Perfect People In Perfect Unity
    By: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen | - "My love to the children. May God, the unfathomable ruler of grace who is limitless love, give you His grace and the wealth of His Grace. May He give this to all of us. May His qualities and His actions come to exist within us. Just as God conducts His kingdom and just as He regards all lives, may we have those same qualities. May we do His duties and services in the same way that He does. May we do this with His grace.

    Precious children, jeweled lights of my eyes, my own b ...

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  • Finding A Sheikh
    By: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen | - "The qualities, actions, and conduct of a true Sheikh will be that of God. He will not do his work for money, hunger, house or wealth. His wealth, his health, his life and his nourishment are God. The search for God will be his only quest. How does this Sheikh, this man of wisdom, attain his connection to God? He establishes complete faith in God. His faith is unwavering with no doubt or suspicion. It is firm, unshakable, iman-faith. Through this faith, he feeds on God's qualities. He im ...
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  • 11 Ways Nurses Can Become Mystics
    By: Kate Loving Shenk | - What is a Mystic?

    Mysticism from the Greek (mystikos) "an initiate" (of the Eleusinian Mysteries) (mysteria) meaning ("initiation") is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an important source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.

    Traditions may include a belief in the literal exis ...

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  • Why Marketing Often Feels Sleazy (and How To Avoid It)
    By: Mark Silver | - I was recently teaching marketing to a whole flock of spiritual healers at the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism.

    Now, these folks aren't slouches. Some of them are extremely successful corporate consultants, highly visible doctors used to addressing hundreds of people at conferences, a nationally published spiritual weight-loss expert with a 100,000 clients under her belt, and a variety of other practitioners, all of whom have had a certain amount of success on their own ...

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  • Energy Enhancement The Alhambra And The Alchemical Trinity Meditation The Antahkarana
    By: Swami Satchidanand | - The Alhambra And The Alchemical Trinity Meditation - Many Sufi mystics came from organisations with names like the builders or the lock makers (Naqshbandhi).

    A Plan of a pool at the Alhambra Granada shows The Key and the Lock. When you go to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, you come across many symbols of Sufism. Above is the plan of the Pool of water (Rectangle) in front of one of the beautiful buildings there. And a fountain (Circle) with a water channel between the two. The wate ...

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