| But the specific Sufism from which the whirling dervishes originated, which is Turkish, is as simple as this. |
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| The central aim of Sufism, the self-extinction in the merger with God, is obviously borrowed from Buddhist and Vedantic sources. |
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| Every individual should try through the spiritual exercise of practising Sufism to reach God and to find God. |
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| Members tend to be puritanical in moral teachings and to disapprove of Sufism. |
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| Much of Sufism seems to be focused on trying to raise up that higher self, the ecstatic experience in which you are in union with God. |
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| Her later work, both poetry and visual art, reflects her growing interest in mysticism, especially Sufism. |
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| He inherited from his father a composite culture which included elements of Sufism and Hinduism. |
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| Fix is a solo piece inspired by whirling dervishes and Sufism. |
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| Sufism enables one to cognize his reality by removing the veil of ignorance through purification. |
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| Sufism enables us to cognize our reality as a true and vast unit of existence. |
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| Thanks to large pliancy and openness to outer influence, Sufism at present is not a uniform system. |
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| These days, alas, they would probably not build the shrine: the Taliban tend to consider Sufism idolatrous. |
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| One user, a girl named Noor studying at NYU, turns him onto Sufism and Arabic poetry. |
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| They denounce as treasonous the more moderate Sufism that once held sway here. |
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| However, ghazals express divine as well as illicit love, and are closely linked with Sufism. |
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| It could so happen that the Murshid has more knowledge on Sufism than you do. |
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| He spent the later part of his life teaching, writing and practicing Sufism. |
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| Sufism is divided into a large number of orders and is frequently viewed by other Muslims with suspicion. |
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| Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion. |
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| Overseeing them all is the enigmatic image of Amadou Bamba, the saint of Senagalese Sufism, whom the artist reveres. |
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| Though early Sufism had concentrated upon the relation between God and the soul, from 900 onward a strong Muhammad-mysticism developed. |
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| In previous years he had made a systematic presentation of his studies on Sufism. |
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| He is a prolific writer on the subjects such as ethics, Sufism and comparative religion and has taught at the Vishwabharati University, Shantiniketan. |
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| In the earlier stages of the Ottoman Empire, a Turkic form of Shamanism was still widely practiced in Anatolia which soon lost ground to Sufism. |
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| The second level of Sufism in Pakistan is 'intellectual Sufism', which is growing among the urban and educated population. |
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| Many people in Bangladesh practice Sufism, which has a long heritage in the region. |
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| Sufism teaches that the whole of existence, from atoms to galaxies to human beings, all submit to their informed center and are guided by their innate knowledge. |
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| The Neoplatonic tradition, which undergirds Sufism, the Kabbala, and Western esotericism, regards physical phenomena as lower manifestations of realities that are spiritual at higher levels of being. |
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| But he encouraged pietistic Sufism, even if his opposition to blind obedience to tradition forced him to favour independent reasoning. |
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| With great subtlety, Lucie Pruvost helped us to understand Sufism, and with her, we joined in the prayer of a group of Sufis of the Burhaniyya Brotherhood. |
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| Among these were the sibling duo Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan, the crooner Alamgir, and the rock bands Vital Signs and Junoon, a group whose music was inspired by Sufism. |
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| Navāʾī was also able to incorporate the theoretical and institutional Sufism that dominated the Timurid age into his literary aesthetic, creating abstract yet emotionally expressive ghazals and robāʿīyāt. |
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| Conversely, Sufism has been frequently accused of pantheism. |
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| There were reports that the Government called for a full ban on the practice of Sufism and required some adherents to sign documents renouncing Sufism. |
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| If the first chapter is the static side of Sufism, the second is its dynamic aspect, and entitles us to consider consciousness as a functional complex. |
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| Sufism has played a significant role in fighting against Tsars of Russia and Soviet colonization. |
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| Sufism is also strong in African countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Chad and Niger. |
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| As Henry Corbin has documented, the North Pole plays a key part in the cultural worldview of Sufism and Iranian mysticism. |
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| Tribal chiefs are known as Sheikhs, though this term is also sometimes applied as an honorific title to spiritual leaders of Sufism. |
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| Sufism teaches that people should love God without expecting anything in return. |
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| A uniquely syncretic and tolerant culture evolved with Sufism and spiritual ingress. |
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| Sufism enjoyed a strong revival in central Asia and South Asia. |
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| The Baul movement, inspired by Sufism, also emerged under Mughal rule. |
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