Book Title: World of Philosophy
Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
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neous belief that spirituality is the sole property of religion, but it is no true. Spirituality whenever understood as a sole property of religion is contaminated and fiercest fanaticism, persecution, apathy and imprisonment. Religion in its true form must be understood on spiritual aspect, but it does not mean that spirituality is the monopoly of religion. In broader sense spirituality means an inner uplift for the individual as well as the entire humanity. It helps to attain perfection in human life. Spirituality deals for pious and well disciplined life, where knowledge is free from all bias, mind is without fear and the notion of each for all and all for each are deeply entangled with its nature to establish harmony in the society.
Universal harmony is not possible until and unless the people become good. It is the inherent propensity of human being to live in peace and perfect tranquility. Now the world is over crowded but there is an enormous crisis of good human being. Spirituality teaches us, how you will be a good human being? A spiritual personality never confined itself for his own benefit rather his utmost endeavor is to discharge love, fellow feelings and philanthropic attitudes towards all in the global way. Though science has made unimaginable inventions and discoveries for the service of mankind and also to enrich limitless altruism, however, it supplies monstrous weapons for total destruction of human civilization. Therefore, it is now well recognized that the development of science should supplemented by discharging unsurpassed love as well as the tremendous development of human goodness.
In India, the cardinal principles of spirituality are the limitless pleasure (Bhumaiva Shukham) and peace for all (Sarvam Sukham), it is not merely an individual pleasure and peace but for global peace and pleasure.
Before the discussion on Sufi spirituality and universal harmony it is needful to delineate something about Sufism. Therefore, at the out set we will discuss in nutshell about Sufism and then we will proceed to the other points of the topic.
Sufism :
Sufism is a mystico-philosophical trend in Islam. A Sufi is always aspiring to attain knowledge of the Reality through the unsurpassed love and friendship with Him. It believes that the main intention of the human being is to attain Divine wisdom (marifah) that elevates him to acquire Truth (Haq) and harmony in the life. Sufis claim these are highly metaphysical in nature. Like Socrates they propagate the view that knowledge of self-means to know thy-self and that is the most valuable saying of them. In the course of time for establishing universal harmony Sufism extended its wings and mixed up with other faiths, philosophy and literatures that ultimately changed the shape of Sufism. In the Western region, many people accepted Islam those who were belonged to Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Buddhists etc. and
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