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his price, the later told him that peace of mind was not a purchasable commodity and for getting it one has to renounce all his worldly cravings. I see no difference between the attitude of saint Ibrahim and the attitude of this Jain devotee. This is proof enough of the fact that the real saints of every time and place and belonging to every religion or philosophy, think in the same terms for the simple reason that Reality is the one and the same.
Many Sufi thinkers asserted, like the Jains, that the knowledge of Soul is the real knowledge of God. Smith Margaret in her book "Sufi Path of Love" attributes to the renowned Sufi philosopher IBAN ARBI a proposition that everyone who knows his own self, knows God because only one who realizes that knowledge of Soul is the knowledge of God can live a Godly life. This is exactly what is tought by the Upanishadas teaching "Tat Twam Asi" i.e. "thou art That"; And this is exactly for which the traditionalists murdered Al Hallaj Mansur. The catholicity of this Sufi philosopher becomes evident from his pronouncement that one who has realized
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