Murshid : a personal memoir of life with American Sufi Samuel L. Lewis /
Johnson, Mansur, 1941-
Murshid : a personal memoir of life with American Sufi Samuel L. Lewis / Mansur Johnson. - Seattle, WA : PeaceWorks Publications, 2006. - 520 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti) -- Introduction to Murshid -- First experience -- Masts and madzubs (God-intoxicated beings) -- Khilvat (seclusion) -- Vilayat -- Tawajjeh (presence) -- The robe -- The witness -- October and November 1968 -- The Khankah's first test -- Tassawuri (attunement) -- Playboy discovers Murshid -- Intuition -- Ecstasy in everyday life -- The diamond Sutra -- Zen is everyday life -- The Lama Foundation -- Murshid or the world? -- Murshid's ultimatum -- Enlightenment -- The aftermath -- On vacation with Murshid -- The present cycle -- December 1969 and January 1970 -- February 1970 -- Movie star.
0915424169 0915424177 (hard)
2006024330
Lewis, Samuel L., 1896-1971.
Johnson, Mansur, 1941-
Sufis--United States--Biography.
BP80.L49 / J64 2006
297.4092 B
Murshid : a personal memoir of life with American Sufi Samuel L. Lewis / Mansur Johnson. - Seattle, WA : PeaceWorks Publications, 2006. - 520 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti) -- Introduction to Murshid -- First experience -- Masts and madzubs (God-intoxicated beings) -- Khilvat (seclusion) -- Vilayat -- Tawajjeh (presence) -- The robe -- The witness -- October and November 1968 -- The Khankah's first test -- Tassawuri (attunement) -- Playboy discovers Murshid -- Intuition -- Ecstasy in everyday life -- The diamond Sutra -- Zen is everyday life -- The Lama Foundation -- Murshid or the world? -- Murshid's ultimatum -- Enlightenment -- The aftermath -- On vacation with Murshid -- The present cycle -- December 1969 and January 1970 -- February 1970 -- Movie star.
0915424169 0915424177 (hard)
2006024330
Lewis, Samuel L., 1896-1971.
Johnson, Mansur, 1941-
Sufis--United States--Biography.
BP80.L49 / J64 2006
297.4092 B