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Sufism and Hinduism
by Maulvi Ali Miya Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:22 pm
From another discussion forum:
In the regions of India , Sufism seems to have had a particularly strong impact. Yet, many Sufis in these areas seem to be influenced by Hinduism. One author, Martin Lings, who is a practicing Sufi, quite boldly states that “Prince Dara Shikoh (or Shukuh), the Sufi son of the Mogul Emporer Shah Jahan, was able to affirm that Sufism and Advaita Vendantism (Hinduism) are essentially the same, with a surface difference in terminology.” Another Muslim scholar, Seyyed Hossein Nasr states that the “orthodox Naqshbandi saint Mirza Mazhar Jan Janan considered the Hindu Vedas as divinely inspired.”
In the regions of India , Sufism seems to have had a particularly strong impact. Yet, many Sufis in these areas seem to be influenced by Hinduism. One author, Martin Lings, who is a practicing Sufi, quite boldly states that “Prince Dara Shikoh (or Shukuh), the Sufi son of the Mogul Emporer Shah Jahan, was able to affirm that Sufism and Advaita Vendantism (Hinduism) are essentially the same, with a surface difference in terminology.” Another Muslim scholar, Seyyed Hossein Nasr states that the “orthodox Naqshbandi saint Mirza Mazhar Jan Janan considered the Hindu Vedas as divinely inspired.”
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Re: Sufism and Hinduism
by Maulvi Ali Miya Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:24 pm
Majma‘ al-Bahrayn by Dara Shikoh
Dara Shikoh (1615-1659)
This work by Prince Dara Shikoh is one of the earliest to explicitly try to make sense of the diversity of religions by plumbing their depths. Its author, a Sufi Muslim prince, derived much instruction on the Upanishads directly from Hindu sages, ultimately referring to this latter work as “an ocean of monotheism”.
The Majma‘ al-Bahrayn, The Mingling of the Two Oceans, is full of cosmological and psychological subtleties, confronting in the most candid manner the macrocosmic and microcosmic gnosis (ma‘rifah) of Hindu and Muslim saints. The edition presented here includes the original Arabic text and detailed indices.
http://themathesontrust.org/library/majma-al-bahrayn
Dara Shikoh (1615-1659)
This work by Prince Dara Shikoh is one of the earliest to explicitly try to make sense of the diversity of religions by plumbing their depths. Its author, a Sufi Muslim prince, derived much instruction on the Upanishads directly from Hindu sages, ultimately referring to this latter work as “an ocean of monotheism”.
The Majma‘ al-Bahrayn, The Mingling of the Two Oceans, is full of cosmological and psychological subtleties, confronting in the most candid manner the macrocosmic and microcosmic gnosis (ma‘rifah) of Hindu and Muslim saints. The edition presented here includes the original Arabic text and detailed indices.
http://themathesontrust.org/library/majma-al-bahrayn
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Re: Sufism and Hinduism
by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:32 pm
Maulvi Ali Miya wrote:From another discussion forum:
In the regions of India , Sufism seems to have had a particularly strong impact. Yet, many Sufis in these areas seem to be influenced by Hinduism. One author, Martin Lings, who is a practicing Sufi, quite boldly states that “Prince Dara Shikoh (or Shukuh), the Sufi son of the Mogul Emporer Shah Jahan, was able to affirm that Sufism and Advaita Vendantism (Hinduism) are essentially the same, with a surface difference in terminology.” Another Muslim scholar, Seyyed Hossein Nasr states that the “orthodox Naqshbandi saint Mirza Mazhar Jan Janan considered the Hindu Vedas as divinely inspired.”
Sufism does not talk of maya ( especially as defined in Advaita Vedanta), three levels of reality, theory of two truths, etc. Perhaps it should be considered closer to the Hindu philosophy of Shudha Advaita which also does away with these ideas ( of maya, etc.).
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