Interiority and Connectivity: A Brief Comparative Study on the Relation of Scripture and Contemplation in Bridal Mysticism and Krishna Bhakti [PDF]
In this study I bring two disparate traditions together which have painted portraits of divinity as a divine lover and supreme beloved. One tradition is from sixteenth century Europe and the other from sixteenth century India.
Schweig, Graham M.
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The Sufi Phenomenology of Love Based on the Thoughts of Rabia Al-Adawiyya and Edith Stein [PDF]
This article contributes to research on the consideration of the phenomenon of Love through a comparison of the thoughts of Sufi thinker Rabia al-Adawiyya (713-801) and phenomenological philosopher Edith Stein (1891-1942). The author studies the poems of
KONUL BUNYADZADE
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A Woman\u27s Kind of Love: Female Longing in the Tamil Alvar Poetry [PDF]
In the eighth section of Andal\u27s Nacciyar Tirumoli, a woman calls to the clouds and bids them to take a message of love to her delinquent lover, Vishnu, here figured as the lord of Venkatam. In the opening verse of the decad, she begins by plaintively
Venkatesan, Archana
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The Place of God in Philosophy of Nishida Kitaro [PDF]
This article tries to show the place of God in philosophy of Nishida Kitaro. Thus, religious aspect of philosophical thought of Nishida has been considered in four themes, namely, God as the ground of reality, absolute nothingness, divine love, and ...
Mohammad Asghari
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Agapeic Theism: Personifying Evidence and Moral Struggle [PDF]
The epistemology of monotheism offered by philosophers has given inadequate attention to the kind of foundational evidence to be expected of a personal God whose moral character is ’agapeic’, or perfectly loving, toward all other agents.
Moser, Paul K.
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The Poetics of Divine Love: Metaphorical Expressions of ʿIshq in Rūmī’s Maѕnavī-i Maʿnavī
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s (d. 672/1273) Maѕnavī-i Maʿnavī is replete with metaphors of love that function as epistemological and ontological instruments, serving both to impart knowledge and to reflect the structure of reality.
Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya
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The letter of love of despot Stefan Lazarević: The fruit of god -inspiration and apotheosis of god: Like love [PDF]
The motive of love in poetic Epistle of despot Stefan Lazarević has Biblical connotation. Despot's Epistle is apanegyric and prayer's, hymn's shout to the God, which is a general principle of love.
Kadić Snežana M.
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The Mystical Path of Total Abandonment to God in Jean-Pierre de Caussade and the Bhagavad-Gita [PDF]
One of the creative tensions in Hinduism is the concept of God as Impersonal Absolute vs. the concept of God as Personal. In the Bhagavad-Gita (written c. 400-200 B.C.), the concept of God as personal, loving and compassionate is emphasized.
Fastiggi, Robert L.
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Immortal Echoes in Mortal Words: “Love,” “Attraction,” and “Selflessness” in Fayḍ Kāshānī’s Mystico-Philosophical Poetry [PDF]
This paper explores the metaphysical concepts of divine “love” (ʿeshq), “attraction” (jadhbe), and “selflessness” (bīkhodī) in the seminal Iranian Shīʿī Muslim thinker Mullā Muḥsin Fayḍ Kāshānī’s poetry.
Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani +1 more
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Learning from the Wisdom of The Prophets: Spiritual Intelligence of Hūd and Muḥammad in Ibn Arabi’s View [PDF]
The wisdom of the prophets in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fuṣūṣ al-Hikam is deeply concerned with discovering how the prophets who are taken up in each chapter exemplify different facets of the deeper spiritual process of the divine-human relation.
Herawati, Andi
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