Inayat Khan and Advaita Vedantic philosophy : an analysis of his ontology /

The thesis investigates the affinity between the philosophy of Advaita VedÉnta and the Sufi thoughts of Inayat Khan, the Indian Sufi master who presented universal spiritual message to harmonize Eastern and Western cultures, and established the Sufi Order International in 1920 as an international or...

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Main Author: Mihlar, Mohamed
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Kuala Lumpur : Kulliyat Ma'arif al-Wahy wa-al-'Ulum al-Insaniyah, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2013
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Online Access:http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6556
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245 1 |a Inayat Khan and Advaita Vedantic philosophy :  |b an analysis of his ontology /  |c by Mohamed Mihlar 
260 |a Kuala Lumpur :  |b Kulliyat Ma'arif al-Wahy wa-al-'Ulum al-Insaniyah, International Islamic University Malaysia,   |c 2013 
300 |a xv, 223 leaves :  |b ill. ;  |c 30cm. 
502 |a Thesis (MAIRK)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2013. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-223). 
520 |a The thesis investigates the affinity between the philosophy of Advaita VedÉnta and the Sufi thoughts of Inayat Khan, the Indian Sufi master who presented universal spiritual message to harmonize Eastern and Western cultures, and established the Sufi Order International in 1920 as an international organization of people following the Inayatian Sufi message. It analyzes Inayat Khan's ontological concepts which include non-dualistic thoughts such as Manifestation of God, Divine Being and divinity of human soul that satisfy the features of Advaitic philosophy of Hinduism which was formulated systematically by SankarÉcÉrya of 8th century A.D. It is primarily based on library research in which an analysis of Inayat Khan's works was employed as the founding method. The Sufi Message, a series of his study on mystical and ontological teachings in 14 volumes, was used as the primary source. The textual approach, at the same time was used to analyse the theories of Advaita VedÉnta as clarified in the Hindu canonical texts such as the UpaniÎads, the Bhagavad GÊta and the Brahma SËtras as well as the works of SankarÉcÉrya. This research shows how Inayat Khan systematized Advaitic ideas and his own in a complex colour symbolism and expounded the monistic concept of God which is known as “God is All and All is God”. It concludes that Inayat Khan introduced a non-dualistic and VedÉntic philosophy in Muslim dress replacing the religious view of God, preached by the Prophet of Islam. 
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