Sufi Teaching

Discussion in 'Islam' started by Raga_Mala, Mar 27, 2012.

  1. Raga_Mala

    Raga_Mala Psychedelic Monk

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gby6y4i4ljU"]Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCiZrsV7IE"]Persian Music
     
  2. Resistance isn't futile

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  3. Raga_Mala

    Raga_Mala Psychedelic Monk

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    RIGHT?

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  4. Resistance isn't futile

    Resistance isn't futile Member

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    It was beautiful
     
  5. Raga_Mala

    Raga_Mala Psychedelic Monk

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    Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is the bomb.
     
  6. jaredfelix

    jaredfelix Namaste ॐ

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    I agree man, such a great video. I believe I watched it from another thread you posted it in n.n
     
  7. Resistance isn't futile

    Resistance isn't futile Member

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    How many people know that Sufism is part of Islam?
     
  8. jaredfelix

    jaredfelix Namaste ॐ

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    Perennial Tradition Embodiments:

    The Hermetic Writings
    The Pythagorean System
    Oriental Perennialist Systems
    Plato's Philosophy
    Esoteric Christianity
    Neo-Platonism
    Esoteric Wisdom Teachings
    Sufism
    Gothic Cathedral Philosophy
    The Cambridge Platonists
    Renaissance and Enlightenment
    The Perennial Tradition
     
  9. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    I can't view this stuff because of my intermittent connectivity being wireless in the woods.

    Could someone offer a brief synopsis?

    From whence I sit and spin, we all dance a dervish dance.
     
  10. Resistance isn't futile

    Resistance isn't futile Member

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    It talks about

    Beauty
    One-ness
    Human greed and power
    creation
    God
    Love
     
  11. Raga_Mala

    Raga_Mala Psychedelic Monk

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    It is an interview from a film about oneness. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a sufi teacher in the naqshbandi tradition. He answers some of the "big questions" from a mystic's point of view.

    Sufism does come from Islam, but Vaugan-Lee's naqshbandi Sufism is also strongly influenced by the yogic traditions of India and monotheistic Hinduism.
     
  12. Meliai

    Meliai Members

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    I've learned a bit about Sufism lately because I've been reading Rumi. It is a really beautiful branch of Islam, too bad it is not more commonly practiced.
     
  13. Piaf

    Piaf Senior Member

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    Most people probably.


    I love Rumi!
     
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