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Introduction anityā 'śuci duḥkhā 'nātmasu nitya śuci sukhā 'tma khyātir avidyā: "Ignorance is taking the non-eternal for the Eternal, the impure for the pure, evil for good and non-self as self." The Yoga Sutras, taken from http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yogasutr.htm
Favorite Movies Hwal: The Bow, Baba Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul, Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring, Into the Wild, Ostrov: The Island, Gaav: The Cow, Milarepa, Pan's Labyrinth, Confucius, American Beauty, The Twilight Samurai, Khuda Ke Liyeh, 313 The Movie, The Fountain, The Fighter, Never Back Down, Goodbye Solo, Baran, Rangeh Khoda, The Tree of Life, 7 Years of Tibet
Favorite Music Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Shams Ensemble, Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfnoon
Favorite Books Nahjul Balagha, Hafez, Knowledge and the Sacred, The Garden of Truth by Dr.Nasr, The Sufi Path of Knowledge, Golestan of Saadi, Divan-e-Shams, Mathnavi, A Christian Pilgrim In India: The Life of Swami Abhishiktananda - Henri Le Saux, Sufism: Love and Wisdom, The Spiritual Life by Theophan the Recluse, Son Of Karbala, A Walk In the Woods, Timeless In Time: The Life of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Bhagavad Gita, Justice and Remembrance by Reza Shah Kazemi, Hamlet, Journeys' East, Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta by Rene Guenon, Treasures of Buddhism by Frithjof Schuon, Man and Nature, Sufi Path of Love According to Rumi by Chittick, The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination of Sri Adi Shankara, Be As You Are, The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar, Expressions of the Mystic Quest by Laleh Bakhtiar (a must read), The Art of Persian Music, Kernel of the Kernels (Lub al-Lubab) by Ayatollah Tehrani/Allamah Tabatabai, Divine Justice (Adl-e-ellahi) by Shaheed Mutahari, Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils