Eternal Garden - Mysticism, History, and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center

Reveals the mystical teachings and practices of the Chishti Sufi order as taught by the ecstatic Shaykh Burhan al-Din Gharib (d. 1337) and his disciples.

About the author

Carl W. Ernst is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at Pomona College in Claremont, California. A specialist in classical Sufism and Indo-Muslim culture, he is the author of Words of Ecstasy in Sufism, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Carl W Ernst, Carl W. Ernst
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.1992
• EAN: 9780791408841
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0884-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 672 g
• Series: Suny Muslim Spirituality in So
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions