خلاصة:
Abraham Abulafia (d. ca. 1291), a Jewish mystic, believed that the purpose of the higher life was to attain perfection and virtue, and that the best way to achieve this goal was to focus on God by expressing the silent and vowel letters that make up his name. Because the divine name is the essence and truth of God, hence Abulafia initiated methods for combining letters. But among all his practical teachings, the highest and most prominent one is the technique of expressing the divine name. He associated the mention of the divine name with special breathing techniques and head and neck movements. On the other hand, we know that these practices have been common in the Hindu tradition since ancient times. Due to Abulafia's familiarity with the Hindu tradition, some have spoken of his influence on the Hindu tradition. In this article, we examine this issue and see that the school of Abulafia was similar to the Hindu tradition in three respects: emphasis on the indescribability of the transcendent truth, emphasis on specific methods of chanting and emphasis on mystical ecstasy.
ملخص الجهاز:
215-231 "Research Article" Reflections of Advaita, Vedanta, and Yoga in the Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia * Fatemeh Maghfouri ** Mohammadreza Adli [Date of receipt: 2020/07/10; Date of acceptance: 2021/08/12] Abstract Abraham Abulafia (died around 1291 AD), a Jewish mystic, believed that the high goal of life is to achieve perfection and virtue, and the best way to reach this goal is through concentration and contemplation on God by pronouncing the consonant and vowel letters that constitute His name, because the Divine Name is the very essence and reality of God. Therefore, Abulafia created innovations in the method of combining letters.
In this article, we examine this subject and see that Abulafia's school has similarities with the Hindu tradition from three perspectives: emphasis on the ineffability of the transcendent truth, emphasis on specific methods of chanting, and emphasis on mystical ecstasy.
The fusion of breathing, head movements, placing letters on body parts, and focusing on them during pronunciation causes a deconstruction of the conventional meaning of language and, consequently, changes the individual's normal and conventional perception of reality.
Abulafia believes that performing daily head movements along with breathing and the pronunciation of letters gradually leads to the revelation of the meanings of cardiac states and movements: "Move your head and your heart.
The presence of a divine spark within the mystic, manifested from the Lord Abulafia in the book Sefer Ha-Olam Haba describes the entire process in a way that begins with gradual formation and leads to the transcendence of the soul and its happiness and pleasure.
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