Volume
Social Gathekas
| Heading
1. Background on Sufism
|
Sub-Heading
Relation to Other Religions
|
Social Gathekas
1. Background on Sufism
Relation to Other Religions
Although Sufism is the essence of all religions and its influence is upon all, yet it can more justly be called the esoteric side of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But it is not a purely Zoroastrian esotericism devoid of Jewish influence, nor is it a solely Jewish mysticism free from the influence of Christianity, nor is it entirely Christian wisdom untouched by the morals of Islam. Therefore it is justifiable to call it the true spirit of all religions, even of those as foreign to it as Vedanta and Buddhism.
- We see Zoroaster in the Sufi in one's purity, one's love for light and one's worship of God in the sublimity of nature.
- We see Moses in the Sufi in one's constant communion with God.
- We see Christ in the Sufi in one's charity and self-renunciation. The true meaning of the sacrament is seen in the daily life of the Sufi, who readily shares one's all with another. The life of a true Sufi is an open Bible for anyone to read.
- We see Mohammed in the humanity of the Sufi, in one's strength in facing the struggle of life and bearing with equanimity its responsibilities.
|