The search for truth : the life and teaching methods of the Indian Sufi Shaykh Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Sa'id Khan (r)

by Āzād Rasūl

Paperback, 2010

Publication

Imprint: Louisville, Kentucky : Fons Vitae, 2010.Responsibility: Āzād Rasūl (Shaykh al-Tariqat Hazrat Azad Rasool.). OCLC Number: 468980624. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xx, 166 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendices, index.

Call number

GT-I-S / Rasul

Barcode

BK-07883

ISBN

9781891785436

CSS Library Notes

Named Person: Khan, Muhammad Sa'id, 1907-1976 .
Alternate Name: Rasool, Azad : Shaykh al-Tariqat Hazrat Azad Rasool : Rasūl, Āzād .

Sects/Lineage: Naqshbandi

Description: The book is about going beyond the illusory dualistic worldly reality (while living in it), hence the expression to be in the world but not of it. It is about realizing and awakening to this Larger Context.

Shaykh al-Tariqat Hazrat Azad Rasool is the author of Turning Towards the Heart: Awakening to the Sufi Way. He was an Indian master and teacher of the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi order of Sufism and established the Institute of Search for Truth in New Delhi in 1975. He spent his life travelling and teaching, establishing students of Sufism from India, Australia, East Asia, Europe, and North America.

Providing insight into life and teachings of Hazrat Maulvi Mohammed Sa’id Khan, this chronicle supplements a selection of his instructions, letters, and discourses with explanatory and contextual writings from the author—Khan’s student of more than 30 years. Presented as a tribute to Khan’s life, this journal also acts as a treatise on the teaching and practice of Sufism by the Shayks and an explanation of their methodology. -- from publisher

Table of Contents: Introduction: A Search for Truth
The Life and Times of Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Sa'id Khan
The End is Included in the Beginning: The Revival of the Teaching of Sufism
The Spread of Hazrat's Teachings in the West
The Discourses
Nigarishat: The Writings of Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Sa'id Khan
Sufism and the Modern Era
Invitation to Action
The Fruits of Effort
Human Society
Invitation to Faith
The Subtle Centers of Consciousness
Appendix A The Letters of Hazrat Maulvi Muhammad Sa'id Khan
Appendix B The Institute of Search for Truth Proposal
Appendix C Shajarat i-Tayyiba (Lineages) of the Mujaddidi, Naqshbandi, Qadiri, Chishti, and Shadhili Orders
Appendix D Shajarat i-Tayyiba (Lineages) with Sufi Masters' Dates and Locations
Index

FY2018 /

Physical description

xx, 166 p.; 23 cm

Description

Providing insight into life and teachings of Hazrat Maulvi Mohammed Sa'id Khan, this chronicle supplements a selection of his instructions, letters, and discourses with explanatory and contextual writings from the author--Khan's student of more than 30 years. Presented as a tribute to Khan's life, this journal also acts as a treatise on the teaching and practice of Sufism by the Shayks and an explanation of their methodology.

Language

Original language

English
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