Awaken Bharata
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Books By David Frawley
SUFIS AND MILITANCE
Sufi Philosophy

Sufi philosophy contains many of the great truths of Vedanta. At first glance it looks like Vedanta cast in the mold of the Biblical religions. It has the Absolute, the Universal Self, and the Creator. Similarly Sufis employ mantra, breath control and meditation to commune with the Divine. Sufism resembles Vedanta perhaps closer than does Buddhism or other eastern religions that have no Creator or recognition of the Self.

However in spite of such closeness there is a perhaps an insurmountable gap. The Sufi resemblance to Vedanta is cast in the mold of Islamic intolerance and absolutism, which makes Sufism function more as an enemy of Vedanta and gives it other beliefs, qualities and characteristics. Though we can find non-dualism in some Sufi traditions there is no acceptance of karma and rebirth, which are considered to be heresy. Orthodox Islam believes in heaven (paradise) and hell as eternal realities.

Sufis believe in higher mystical states but are quite vague on how these differ from paradise and usually place Mohammed in the highest heaven, even above Christ, and where even the greatest Sufis cannot enter.

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