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Title: The Illuminated Prayer : The Five-Times Prayer of the Sufis by Michael Green, Coleman Barks ISBN: 0-345-43545-1 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 January, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have book for ANY spiritual seeker!
Comment: I was deeply impressed by the depth and poignant nature of this ecumenical work. This wonderful book embraces, lovingly, the essential truths of prayer and meditation found within all religions and also outside of religious traditions. I was especially moved by the powerful quotes from Sufi Sage Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, a towering giant among Masters of Wisdom. Both Green and Barks are to be congratulated for their uncompromising clarity and depth. Whether you believe in a particular religious path, God, Allah, Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, the Tao is not at issue here. The core of the material presented concerns the everlasting benefits of prayer regardless of ones religious leanings. Prayer ultimately guides one to that 'open space' where all religions, all truths merge into One. I cannot say enough about the exalted content of this gem!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Heart of the Matter
Comment: This slender book contains profound insights into the nature and essence of prayer. Based largely on the teachings of Shaikh Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (? -1986), a Sufi Shaikh from Sri Lanka who lived and taught from Philadelphia for the last 15 years of his life....
While written in the context of Muslim prayers, it's relevant to prayer in all religions. It is also an excellent guide to salat - ritual prayer in Islam.
The book explains in detail (with pictures) the various steps in salat. But more than that it relates the times of prayer and steps within prayer to spiritual development and awareness. And it is here that the real value of the book comes forth.
Using this as a base, the authors then describe a meditative prayer exercise - similar to Vedic "follow the breath" meditations.
In short this is not an academic description of prayer or theory but an invitation to readers to embark on the path.
The only negative - and this is a very very minor quibble - is with some of the transliterations of Arabic and grammatical comments.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: In "Conference of the Books, A Search for Beauty in Islam" Author and Scholar Khaled Abou El Fadl vexes over the lack of beauty in contemporary Islamic expression. He has some very interesting points. Points that I recalled upon my exposure to Michael Green's beautiful and meaningful paintings. While the Shia community produces an enormous treasury of artwork, highly expressive with spiritual tones to it, the Sunni community remains stagnant and stoic. There is a suffocation of creative activity in Islam for a number of reasons. Most of all is that there is an extreme conservatism amongst the practicing Muslims in the Sunni tradition which makes anything beyond intricate calligraphy a sinful act. They cite some odd reports, attributed to the Prophet, which seem to restrict personal expression and the making of images. This position is bizarre because, using the basic logic of Islamic jurisprudence, if there is not a harm in people worshiping those images, then its nature is purity and permissibility. I don't know... It sounds goofy, but Im certain the conservatives would claim that images have an inherent "evil" in them that forces people to recognize them as deities... Anyway, as you may have guessed, this title explores some of the meanings of the salah prayers as understood by Coleman Barks. Barks, a student of Bawa Muhaiyadden, and a devotee of Rumi has translated Rumi's poetry into an interesting manual of spirituality. I enjoyed the insights and the artwork in this. Michael Green certainly has a gift. I hope to see more like this.
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Title: The Illuminated Rumi by Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Coleman Barks, Michael Green ISBN: 0767900022 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Book of Sufi Healing by Abu Abdullah Ghulam Moinuddin, Shaykh Hakim Moinuddin Chishti ISBN: 0892813245 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: June, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Ian Arabi, Ibn Arabi, Rabia T. Harris ISBN: 0892810181 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Traditional Healer's Handbook: Classic Guide to the Medicine of Avicenna by Hakim G. M. Chishti, G. M. Chishti ISBN: 0892814381 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Name and the Named: The Divine Attributes of God by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak, William C. Chittick, Tosum Bayrak Al Jerrahi, Tosum Bayrak Al Jerrahi, Tosun Bayrak Al-Jerrahi ISBN: 1887752293 Publisher: Fons Vitae Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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