
HoP 179 - Mohammed Rustom on Philosophical Sufism
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Influence of Sufism in the Indian Context
The writings of Ibn Arabi in India tended to be in Persian. One of the most interesting later developments in which philosophical Sufism has yet another sphere of influence is actually in China. So you have Chinese Muslim authors drawing on Ibn Arabi's ideas, but recasting them in Chinese and in such a way that a neo-confusion could kind of understand. And then what happens in India is many, you know, practical Sufi manuals written by Sufi masters who are responding to Ibn Arabi.
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