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Holistic New York
The Sufi Path Of Self-Transformation
By Reviewer
Andrew Vidich, PhD, a meditation practitioner for 35 years, educator and international speaker on religion and spirituality, holds a doctorate in Comparative Religion. He is a founding member of the Interfaith Council of New York, founder of Learning Excellence consulting firm, and the author of several books including Love is A Secret: The Mystic Quest for Divine Love.
Mar 13, 2006, 13:24

The Teachings of Rumi, Hafez and Attar

In this series we will explore the teachings of three of the greatest Sufi teachers and their methods of self-transformation by delving into their most famous texts.
 
Jalaluddin Rumi
Rumi’s Masnavi is the most comprehensive text of Sufi mystical teachings. It includes teachings on reincarnation, the practice of cultivating remembrance of God, inner develoment, combatting the lower self, and the expansion of the heart.
 Thursday, March 30, 7:45-9:45 pm
 
 
Hafez
Hafez’s Ghazaliyyat focuses on teachings on self-surrender, the path of self-acceptance and the physical as a path to the spiritual.
Thursday, April 6, 7:45-9:45 pm
 
 
Farid ud din Attar
Attar’s world renowned work, The Conference of the Birds, includes teachings on the seven stages of the mystical journey, on how the human personality needs to be shaped in order to reach God, on the development of character, and on the sublimation of the ego.
 Thursday, April 27, 7:45-9:45 pm



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