Alone in a Crowd? The Sufis Had a Name for It
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The Sufis had a technical name for the feeling of being alone in a room full of people: khalwat dar anjuman, solitude in the crowd. It is the fourth of eight principles laid down by Abd al-Khaliq Ghijduwani in twelfth-century Bukhara, the working method of the lineage later named after Baha al-Din Naqshband.
This film follows that principle from the loudest market on the Silk Road to your own dinner table. It covers wahsha (desolation) and uns (intimacy), ghurba (exile), Suhrawardi's Tale of Western Exile, Ayn al-Qudat's Complaint of the Stranger, and the Bukharan rule that closed the door of retreat. It ends with the test the tradition used to tell the wound from the station.
Dast ba kar, dil ba yar. The hand at work, the heart with the Friend.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Sounds of 12th-Century Bukhara
01:34 - Khalwat Dar Anjuman: Solitude in the Crowd
02:02 - The Pane of Glass: Isolation vs. Solitude
03:19 - Wahsha & Uns: Desolation and Intimacy
05:34 - Ghorba: The Condition of the Stranger
07:24 - The Tale of Western Exile & The Stranger’s Complaint
09:10 - Why Withdrawal and the Cave Fail
11:40 - "Hand at Work, Heart with the Friend" (Dast Ba Kar, Dil Ba Yar)
13:17 - The Architecture of Having Two Sides
15:23 - The Test of Direction: Desolation vs. Presence
17:43 - The Trap of Spiritual Pride
18:35 - Walking Through the Marketplace Undisturbed
20:15 - Living Between Two Worlds Today
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جَزَاكَ ٱللَّٰهُ خَيْرًا کثیرًا
The western exile, author:
Al Suhruwardi شهاب الدين السهروردي.
The second one( the stranger's complaint)?
No name..
-Ghurba, ghareeb غربة غريب
Not hareeb.
Thanks a. Salaam.
Alone in a Crowd? The Sufis Had a Name for It
SpiritualRelief
20,986 views
The Sufis had a technical name for the feeling of being alone in a room full of people: khalwat dar anjuman, solitude in the crowd. It is the fourth of eight principles laid down by Abd al-Khaliq Ghijduwani in twelfth-century Bukhara, the working method of the lineage later named after Baha al-Din Naqshband.
This film follows that principle from the loudest market on the Silk Road to your own dinner table. It covers wahsha (desolation) and uns (intimacy), ghurba (exile), Suhrawardi's Tale of Western Exile, Ayn al-Qudat's Complaint of the Stranger, and the Bukharan rule that closed the door of retreat. It ends with the test the tradition used to tell the wound from the station.
Dast ba kar, dil ba yar. The hand at work, the heart with the Friend.
SpiritualRelief explores the experience of Sufism transmitted through first-hand mystical accounts and forgotten books.
New films every Friday.
READ · SpiritualRelief Journal
Selected sources and further reading from this film will be collected in the companion issue of SpiritualRelief Journal.
New issues every Monday.
https://spiritualrelief.substack.com
LISTEN · SpiritualRelief Records
Long-form music for meditation, reading, prayer and quiet rooms.
@spiritualreliefrecords
SUPPORT · Become a YT Patron
Support the films, research and music behind SpiritualRelief.
@spiritualreliefcinema
AFTER DARK · Go Deeper
Translations, source material, archival discoveries, audio and extended editions.
https://spiritualrelief.substack.com/...
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Sounds of 12th-Century Bukhara
01:34 - Khalwat Dar Anjuman: Solitude in the Crowd
02:02 - The Pane of Glass: Isolation vs. Solitude
03:19 - Wahsha & Uns: Desolation and Intimacy
05:34 - Ghorba: The Condition of the Stranger
07:24 - The Tale of Western Exile & The Stranger’s Complaint
09:10 - Why Withdrawal and the Cave Fail
11:40 - "Hand at Work, Heart with the Friend" (Dast Ba Kar, Dil Ba Yar)
13:17 - The Architecture of Having Two Sides
15:23 - The Test of Direction: Desolation vs. Presence
17:43 - The Trap of Spiritual Pride
18:35 - Walking Through the Marketplace Undisturbed
20:15 - Living Between Two Worlds Today