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RE: The Early Schools of Indian Buddhism Series

in #mindfulness6 years ago

Rabi’ah alAdawiyah, a female Sufi in the 9th century wrote: “My Love, I worship Thee neither out of fear for Thy hell nor out of a desire for Thy heaven, but only for my love to Thee!” This is how I felt about God since I was a small child.

Many Islamic researchers have noticed that Islam was easily accepted by Indonesian because the tasawuf nuances it brought in spreading its teachings.
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it is true that rabiah adawiyah is indeed an example of a Sufi woman