The Secret Rose Garden
22 chapters English Public domain
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Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.
Table of contents
22 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Editorial Note 05 Introduction 06 Acknowledgment 07 Part I. The Perfect Face of the Beloved 08 Part II. Beauty 09 Part III. The Sea and its Pearls 10 Part IV. The Journey 11 Part V. Time and This Dream-World 12 Part VI. Reflections 13 Part VII. Divine Inebriation 14 Part VIII. Reason and Free-Will 15 Part IX. Man: His Capabilities and His Destiny 16 Part X. The One 17 Part XI. The Self 18 Part XII. Idols, Girdles, and Christianity 19 Part XIII. Thoughts 20 Part XIV. The Light Manifest 21 Epilogue 22 Special Pages: Errata
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The Secret Rose Garden
22 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.
Table of contents
22 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Editorial Note 05 Introduction 06 Acknowledgment 07 Part I. The Perfect Face of the Beloved 08 Part II. Beauty 09 Part III. The Sea and its Pearls 10 Part IV. The Journey 11 Part V. Time and This Dream-World 12 Part VI. Reflections 13 Part VII. Divine Inebriation 14 Part VIII. Reason and Free-Will 15 Part IX. Man: His Capabilities and His Destiny 16 Part X. The One 17 Part XI. The Self 18 Part XII. Idols, Girdles, and Christianity 19 Part XIII. Thoughts 20 Part XIV. The Light Manifest 21 Epilogue 22 Special Pages: Errata
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The Secret Rose Garden
22 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.
Table of contents
22 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Editorial Note 05 Introduction 06 Acknowledgment 07 Part I. The Perfect Face of the Beloved 08 Part II. Beauty 09 Part III. The Sea and its Pearls 10 Part IV. The Journey 11 Part V. Time and This Dream-World 12 Part VI. Reflections 13 Part VII. Divine Inebriation 14 Part VIII. Reason and Free-Will 15 Part IX. Man: His Capabilities and His Destiny 16 Part X. The One 17 Part XI. The Self 18 Part XII. Idols, Girdles, and Christianity 19 Part XIII. Thoughts 20 Part XIV. The Light Manifest 21 Epilogue 22 Special Pages: Errata
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