Rumi and Shams' silent rebellion : parallels with Vedanta, Buddhism and Shaivism /: parallels with Vedanta, Buddhism and Shaivism. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mostafa Vaziri.
• Authors: Vaziri, Mostafa, 1956-
• Contents: Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Abbreviations of sources -- 1. The need for a new narrative about Rumi -- 2. The need for a new interpretation of Shams and Rumi: maqālāt and divan -- 3. Shams' rebellious paradigm: listening and thinking Rumi -- 4. Rumi unlearns his pious past: curbing anachronism -- 5a. Rumi's philosophical pyramid: love and Shams-consciousness -- 5b. Rumi's case against dualistic thinking and his wisdom about the world -- 6a. Rumi, Vedanta, and Buddhism -- 6b. Rumi, Kashmir Shaivism, and Tantra -- Conclusion -- Appendix: certain influences of Shaivism and Tantra on the Islamic mystics -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 891/.5511; Islam -- Relations -- Buddhism; Buddhism -- Relations -- Islam; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Buddhism; Interfaith relations; Islam; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137530806; 1137530804; 9781349571697; 1349571695; 9781137530837; 1137530839
• Related ISBNs: 9781137534040; 1137534044
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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