Study of Ascetism in Hamdoon Qassar's and Lao Tzu's Thoughts: with an Emphasis on Blame and Wu Wei
Subject Areas : Islamic MysticismGhorban Elmi 1 , Hossein Omidi 2
1 - دانشیار دانشگاه تهران
2 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد رشته الهیات - ادیان و عرفان، پردیس فارابی دانشگاه تهران.
Keywords: Hamdoon GHassar, Lao Tzu, Mallamatyeh And Asceticism, Wu wei And Taoist Asceticism,
Abstract :
This paper together with the use of firsthand sources through descriptive – analytic method deals with comparing the concept of asceticism in the thoughts of Hamdoon GHassar, the Islamic Sufi in Three century, and Lao Tzu, the primitive ascetic in Taoism. The necessity of this search is according to primitive similarities of Taoism and Sufism school of thought in the concepts of Mallamat and Wu Wei. This similarities cause a comparative researcher to be Interested in this Field. It Takes Result that The Conception of Wu wei in the Thoughts of Lieh tzu Has a Yogi Tradition That Although It Has Positive Features Such as Doing in Reticence, Sincerity, Path and Refusal of Formalism, Nevertheless, Reception of That Lead to Poverty, Inaction, Non Responsibility, Indifference and Extremist Ascetic. But The conception of Mallammat in the Thoughts of Hamdoon Has a Semitic Tradition That Its Basic Foundation is on Pragmatic, More Responsibility, Keeping of Piety And Honesty. Thereupon The Conception of Asceticism in the Thoughts of Both is Difference.
