000 00997nam a2200157Ia 4500
020 _a978-006251475X
100 _aFadiman, James; Frager, Robert Eds.
245 _aEssential Sufism
260 _c1997
_bHarper Collins
_aNew York
300 _axi,265 p.
_b22 cm ; Hardbound
500 _a$20.00
505 _aThe Sufi way -- Daily life -- Self-deception and self-knowledge -- The lower self -- The world, mirror of the divine -- Wisdom -- Hadith, the sords of the Prophet -- Spiritual experience -- Opening the heart -- Contemplation and knowledge -- Love -- Teachers and students -- Practices -- Sufi humor -- Virtues -- How to know God -- Prayer -- Remembrance of God -- Service -- God -- Satan -- Self-transformation -- Death -- A note on the texts and calligraphy.
520 _aA collection of more than three hundred works from all eras of Sufism, including prayers, poetry, stories, fables, and aphorisms written by Sufi prophets, saints, and teachers.
650 _aSufism
942 _cBK
999 _c98276
_d98276