A Wisdom Archive on Jalaluddin Rumi

Sufism has been defined in many ways. Some see it as God's annihilating the individual's ego, will, and self-centredness and then reviving him spiritually with the lights of His Essence so that he may live according to His will.

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Love is the essence of religion too, for it is religion (not organised religion) that teaches ethics and compassion.
 
The story goes that once the Devil and his close friend went for a walk. The devil picked up something from the ground and put it in his pocket. When he was asked by his friend what he had picked up, he said: "I have picked up the Truth".
 
The friend said: "If you picked up the Truth, then your time is up because Truth is the opposite of what you symbolise". The devil smiled and said, "Don't worry my friend, I will organise it".
 
You know what I mean?

 
(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

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• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Early life
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Teachings of Rumi
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Major works
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Influence
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Rumi Experts
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Translators of Rumi poetry
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Notes
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Collections of writings by Rumi

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The Ahmadiyya movement was founded based in 1889, but the name Ahmadiyya was not adopted until about a decade later. In a manifesto dated November 4, 1900, the founder explained that the name referred to Ahmad, the alternative name of the prophet Mohammed. ‘Mohammed’, which means ‘the praised one’, refers to the glorious destiny of the prophet who adopted the name from about the time of the Hegira; but ‘Ahmad’ stands for the beauty of his sermons, and for the peace that he was destined to establish in the world through his teachi ...

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The teachings of Ahmad and the beliefs of his followers are a great source of controversy among Muslims, especially in Pakistan where most Ahmadis live. Many Islamic leaders have pushed the Pakistani government to label Ahmadis as non-Muslims, and have succeeded in recent years. In Pakistan, it is illegal for the Ahmadis to preach their religion, and many hundreds of them are charged with preaching their religion, or with Contempt of Prophethood, the legal punishment for which, is death. Likewise, a good number of Islamic websites on the Int ...

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Philip Glass - Works for the Philip Glass Ensemble. 600 Lines (1967) Music in Fifths (1969) Music in Similar Motion (1969) Music with Changing Parts (1970, recorded 1973) Music in Twelve Parts (1971-1974) North Star (1977) Dance (1979, with Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt) Glassworks (198 ...

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Philip Glass - Minimalist works. Music in Twelve Parts, Parts 1&2 (Virgin, 1974) Music in Similar Motion/ Music in Fifths/ Two Pages (1994) Music in Twelve Parts (1996, new recording) Early Voice (2002) Alter Ego: Music in the shape of a Square/ Gradus/ Strung Out etc. (2002) Philip Glass - For piano. Solo Piano (Philip Glass, piano) (CBS, 1989) The Orphée Suite for piano. (Paul Barnes, piano) (Orange Mountain ...

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