Naqsbandi tradition

Description:

A system of Sufi discipline involving a number of meditative exercises. These have been enumerated as: (1) [Yad kard]: Meditation on the inward and held breath, remembering the name of God orally and in the mind until the heart is conscious of the truth and inattention vanishes. (2) [Baz gast]: On the same breath, remembering there is no god but God and Mohammed is his prophet; "it is for Thou, Lord, that I aspire". (3) [Negah dast]: One the same breath, aware of consciousness, to make a profession of faith with no swerving of spirit. (4) [Yad dast]: To remember the presence of the Truth, a flavour which consciousness never lacks. (5) [Hus dar dam]: Breathing out, to continue full attention. (6) [Safar dar vatan]: On the spiritual journey to replace human with angelic qualities. (7) [Nazar bar qadam]: To be aware of the steps on the journey - never allowing thought to stray from whence one has come, from where one is and to where one is going. (8) [Xalvat dar anjoman]: Allowing the two states - of remaining externally in the company of men and retreating internally close to the truth - to complement each other. (9) [Voquf-e zamani]: Taking the time necessary to consider one's activities, to give thanks for the good and to ask pardon for the bad. (10) [Voquf-e 'adadi]: To enumerate in one's heart what one has learned, taking wandering thoughts into consideration. (11) [Voquf-e qalbi]: Ensuring that the heart has no aim but God by engraving the name of God on the heart.

Broader:

Human development

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