Rassa Shastra: Inayat Khan on the Mysteries of Love, Sex and Marriage

by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Overview

Hazrat Inayat Khan's classic books were among the first to bring Sufism to the West. They remain among the most important introductions Westerners have to the concepts of the ancient religious tradition. In Rassa Shastra, Khan shares his teachings on Sufi ideas about the spiritual and sacred purpose to sex and relationships and stresses "true union," one of the Sufi keys to perfection. He warns against the danger of misusing this most sacred of divine gifts and stresses that misunderstanding sex and sexual desire leads to the deepest problems between men and women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892540716
Publisher:	Nicolas-Hays, Inc
Publication date:	07/01/2003
Pages:	94
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

I.	Sex	1
II.	Half-Bodies	3
III.	Attraction and Repulsion	6
IV.	On Some Ideals	9
V.	Types of Lovers	15
VI.	The Character of the Beloved	19
VII.	Modesty	24
VIII.	The Awakening of Youth	29
IX.	Courtship	32
X.	Chivalry	38
XI.	Marriage	43
XII.	Beauty	49
XIII.	Passion	55
XIV.	Celibacy	59
XV.	Monogamy	66
XVI.	Polygamy	71
XVII.	Perversion	80
XVIII.	Prostitution	89