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Sufism is a way of life,
believed to be
the essence
and reality of all religious
and philosophical
teachings. It leads to
the completion of mankind and womankind,
through the institutions of discipleship,
meditation, and practice.
The latter is the
living of
reality.
Wisdom or completion,
according to the
Sufis, is to be distinguished
from intellectualism,
scholasticism, and the
like, which are merely tools.
The Path
teaches
to what extent these tools can
be used,
and also how to amalgamate
action
with destiny.
The Way of the Sufi by Idries Shah |
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Upcoming Events |
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November 6 and 7,
2009
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Islam,
Sufism and the Heart of Compassion
Living the Teachings
of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
A CONFERENCE
FridaySaturday, November 6 & 7
"The
movement which is the existence of the
universe is the movement of love."
Ibn
Arabi
For more information and detail schedule,
please visit
http://www.opencenter.org/ibn-arabi/
PRESENTERS
 Salman
Bashier, PhD,
Y. His latest book, The Story of
Islamic Philosophy: Ibn Tufayl, Ibn
al-Arabi and others On the Limit
between Naturalism and Traditionalism,
is due to be published by SUNY this
year and will focus on Ibn al Arabis
relevance to contemporary thought.
 William
C. Chittick, PhD,
professor of Religious Studies in the
Asian and Asian American Studies Dept.
at Stony Brook, has spent forty years
studying Ibn Arabi and the pre-modern
Muslim intellectual tradition. Among
his thirty books, five deal with Ibn
Arabis thought: The Sufi Path of
Knowledge, Imaginal Worlds,
The Self-Disclosure of God,
Ibn Arabi: Heir to the Prophets
and (as co-author) The Meccan
Revelations.
 Stephen
Hirtenstein, MA,
the editor of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
Societys Journal since its inception
in 1982 and co-founder of Anqa
Publishing, is the author of The
Unlimited Mercifier, a spiritual
biography of Ibn Arabi, and
co-translator of two treatises by Ibn
Arabi, Divine Sayings and
The Seven Days of the Heart.
www.ibnarabisociety.org
 Sachiko
Murata, PhD,
completed a PhD in Persian literature
at Tehran University in 1971 and was
the first woman and the first
non-Muslim to enroll in its theology
department where she obtained a degree
in Islamic jurisprudence. Since 1983
she has taught religious studies at
Stony Brook and has published many
scholarly articles as well as several
books, including: The Tao of
Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender
Relationships in Islamic Thought
and Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light.
 Mohamed
Haj Yousef, PhD,
studied physics in Syria and at
Cambridge has written several books
including: Ibn Arabi: Time and
Cosmology and Shams al-Magreb
(in Arabic). In addition he runs a
website about Ibn Arabi (www.ibnalarabi.com),
and teaches at United Arab Emirates
University.
Musicians and Artists
 Taoufiq
Ben Amor is a Tunisian
vocalist, percussionist and oud
player.
 Aaron
Cass is
an actor, musician, composer and
co-founder of the Vastearth Orchestra.
 Nacer
Khemir, the director of Bab
Aziz,
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Welcome!
"Come, come,
whoever you are.
Unbeliever, fire worshiper, come.
Our way is not of desperation.
Even if you break your wows a
hundred times, come.
Come again."
Moulana Jalaluddin Molavi Rumi
This site is dedicated to
bring you the practical applications of the Sufism universal
principles. Sufism, the mystical aspect of Islam, has been
recognized as a great path to happiness and prosperity.
Throughout the history Sufism has offered a
practical path on which one can reach the point of
self-realization to God-realization.
We at Sufi Circle strive to provide you a practical
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