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The Sufi Path of Rumi: Islamic Mysticism and The Journey to Divine Love
🕑 Added 2025-02-15 17:26:53 +0000 UTCDr. Rory Dickson is a professor of Islamic Religion and Culture and author of several publications on Sufism, the mystical path within Islam. He joins Breht to have an incredibly deep conversation about the Sufi poet Rumi, his life and work, Rumi's relationship to his teacher Shams of Tabriz, the concepts of fana (annihilation of the self) and baqa (subsistence in God), the spiritual practices of Sufism, non-duality and perennialism, Buddhist enlightenment, the role of Divine Love in spiritual transformation, transcending the ego, Bodhicitta and the Heart of the Bodhisattva, the counter-cultural aspects of the historical dervishes, The Masnavi (aka the "Persian Quran"), Christian Mysticism, the evolution of human consciousness, the linguistics of translation, and much, much more!
Check out Rory's book "Dissolving into Being: The Wisdom of Sufi Philosophy"
Recommendations for Further Exploration:
The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi
Check out our related episodes with Dr. Adnan Husain:
Sufism: Islamic Mysticism and the Annihilation of Self in God
St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation
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Comments
GoldenComrade
Hi Breht I wanted to say great episode I'm loving these sort of vids and I would like to hear an "intro into Islam" type video with your friend Adnan since I feel like it would help me with understanding and maybe pursuing it as a faith
Clint Blakely
Re: the boat vs. swimming metaphor - I thought of Chris McCandless. I relate so hard to his struggle of feeling alienated by society and wanting something different, but I just can’t see his story as a satisfying ending. Deeply troubling as they may be, I think we have to find ways of embracing society and the world as they are
