"A Comparative Study of" Abstraction "in the thought of Rumi and Jiddu Krishnamurti"

Maryam Mardani Varposhti ¹ (Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran)
Hasan por alashti ² (Faculty Member)
Maseod Rohani ³ (Faculty Member)
Ali akbar Bagheri khalili ⁴ (Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran)

Submited date : 2021-11-17 accepted date : 2023-08-05

Keywords: mysticism, Masnavi, Rumi, Abstraction, Jiddu Krishnamurti,

Abstract :

Abstraction means abandoning all material and spiritual belongings in order to reach the truth, as one of the most important constituent factors of Sufism, is one of the main and important topics of mysticism, which is mentioned in mystical texts. In this descriptive-analytical article, the views of Maulana Jalaluddin, Mohammad Balkhi and Jiddu Krishnamurti on abstraction are compared. The aim of the research is to find similarities and dissimilarities aspects of these two great mystics of the Orient. The results of the research show that these two mystics in many issues such as: simultaneous belief in material and spiritual abstraction, abstraction from the country or land, abstraction from intellect, knowledge, abstraction from self or ego, abstraction and love, abstraction and self-knowledge and ... commonalities and differences in issues such as: abstraction from the mentor and teacher and abstraction from religion and ideology are different and inconsistent with each other. But in general, the commonalities of the two are more than the points of difference, and this shows the similarity of the epistemological fountain and the empirical sharing of these two mystics, which is the true mysticism or the truth of mysticism.