Perfect Master
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The term Perfect Master has different meanings and connotations:
- The Ismailis call their perfect spiritual master Murshid-i-Kamil (in Persian)[1]
- In the Masonic fraternity the Scottish Rite gives the title "Perfect Master" to more than one person at a time who have attained the 5th rank of the 33rd degrees.
- In his book God Speaks Meher Baba uses the term Perfect Master to denote a special category of God-realized people.
- In Sikhism the perfect master is called pūran Parmesar [2]
- In Sufism a perfect master or Qutub (literally, pole, tower, lighthouse) is the shaykh who provides a focus for spiritual teachings[3]. Other terms include Pir and Sarkar.
- In Surat Shabd Yoga, Sant Mat and Advait Mat the living Perfect Master is considered the path to God-realization[4].
- In Tibetan Buddhism the perfect master is the one that achieved Buddhahood and who is "thoroughly conversant with the noble truth of self-realisation" [5]
- In Vedanta the perfect master is called a Satguru or Sadguru.
[edit] References
- ^ Daftary, Farhad. The Isma'Ilis: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-42974-9
- ^ Guru Arjun, Ādi Granth 209, M
- ^ Ahmed, Nazeer. Islam in Global History: From the Death of Prophet Muhammed to the First World War, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 0-7388-5966-4
- ^ Lewis, James R. Seeking the Light, p.62. Mandeville Press, ISBN 0-914829-42-4
- ^ Goddard, D. A Buddhist Bible, Beacon Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1994), ISBN 0-8070-5911-0
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