Building Muslim-Buddhist understanding: the parallels of Taqwa/Allah consciousness in the Qur'an and satipatthana/mindfulness in Anapanasati Sutta

Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2021) Building Muslim-Buddhist understanding: the parallels of Taqwa/Allah consciousness in the Qur'an and satipatthana/mindfulness in Anapanasati Sutta. In: Overcoming orientalism essays in honor of John L. Esposito. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 173-190. ISBN 978-0-19-005415-1

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Abstract

Adopting a cross- cultural perspective on hierophanies, this chapter explores the fundamental structure of the religious experience of breath and breathing as expressed in Islamic and Buddhist traditions. 1 Copyright: not for sale or distribution Building Muslim–Buddhist Understanding 175 It seeks to describe the similarities between the concepts of taqwa (God consciousness, or consciousness of Allah in the Qur’an) and satipatthana (mindfulness in the Buddhist Anapanasati Sutta). It focuses on the relationship between life and consciousness as presented in the Qur’anic teaching that Allah breathed ruh into Adam (Qur’an 15:29), bestowing life and the ability to attain taqwa (Qur’an 2:2), and the Buddhist meditation of satipatthana, being conscious of the biological function of breathing in and out as means for liberation from Dukkha (suffering rooted in paticca samuppada, dependent origination). The chapter also examines comparisons between the Buddhist notion that life is characterized by suffering (Dukkha) and the Quranic notion that life is characterized by kabad (toil and struggle; (90:4)

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Islam and Buddhism, Comparative Theology, Islam and Other Religions
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
Depositing User:	Assoc. Pro Imtiyaz Yusuf
Date Deposited:	27 Dec 2021 09:41
Last Modified:	27 Dec 2021 09:41
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/94996

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