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Sat Nam

Ambarsaria ji

Since it looks like we now have a great opportunity to begin studying Bawa ji's teachings, I am going to create a new thread for it.  He definitely deserves one and his teachings are universal.  People of all religions came to him not only Muslims or Sufis.

I have to go out now, but I will reply more later and watch the videos you provided.

Something to think about though.  Try reading what you quoted from Bawa's perspective.  His perspective is that religions should unite not divide us.  Is he saying "only the Quran" or "only Islam"?  He didn't teach this.  He was against that kind of identification with the outer shell of a path to God.

I'll end here with a video of a sheikha from Nur Ashki Jerrahis which sums up the perspective my teachers have of Sufism and religion.  At around 3:40 into the video, she describes Sufism as the mysticism of every religion.

Interview with Halifa Ayshegul Ashki on Vimeo