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Author Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.

Title The garden of truth : the vision and promise of Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Imprint New York : HarperOne, c2007.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  297.4 N186g 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 256 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references(p. 247-248) and index.
Contents Introduction -- PART I. Chapter 1. What it means to be human - Who are we and what are we doing here? -- PART II. Chapter 2. Truth - The knowledge that illuminates and delivers from the bondage of ignorance ; Chapter 3. Love and beauty - The fire that attracts and consumes, the peace that calms and liberates ; Chapter 4. Goodness and human action - To do His will and to conform to the Divine Norm ; Chapter 5. How do we reach the Garden of Truth? - The path to the One -- PART III. Chapter 6. Access to the Center-Sufism here and now -- PART IV. Appendix 1. The Sufi tradition and the Sufi orders - Reflections on the manifestation of Sufism in time and space ; Appendix 2. The tradition of Gnosis and Doctrinal Sufism -- Glossary of technical terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Sufism -- Doctrines.
Sufism -- Customs and practices.
ISBN 9780060797225
0060797223
Standard No. AU@ 000041602390
NZ1 11372361

 
    
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