About The Author
Dr Mohsin Ali is a faculty at the Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He specializes in the Persianate world studies through literature, cultural and historical perspectives. He obtained PhD in Persian Language & Literature, Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Master's degree in Turkish Language & Literature from Erciyes University, Kayseri, Republic of Turkey. He has been pursuing specialization uninterruptedly in studies of Turkic world through Turkish Language, culture and historical perspectives. He has been associated with Turkish Language & Literature Programme since the day of its inception at Jamia Millia Islamia and is presiding over its evolutionary process. He has been teaching Turkish language at different levels, ranging from from the certificate to the Honours level of Bachelor of Arts degree. He has been rendering his services in formulating syllabi and every other course curriculum concerning Turkish studies programme. Dr Ali has contributed research papers to more than forty international and national seminars and conferences in India and abroad. He has translated eight volumes of Qissehay-e-Khoob Baraye Bachchehay-e-Khoob from Persian language to Urdu language and many articles in Persian and Turkish languages. He has visited centres of higher learning and research of Central Asian & West Asian countries. He has contributed enormously to the pool of existing literature and ideas through academic interaction and paper presentation.
Introduction
As it is known, the most basic philosophical problem that human beings face is finding or giving meaning to their existence or being. In this context, the method of "to know yourself' can be mentioned as a method that has been agreed upon or reached in the framework of analysing this fundamental problem which has existed as long as history. According to this, it can be said generally that it is possible to reach the meaning of existence, to make sense of human existence or just pure existence, only by knowing oneself. So, along with being a path and a method, knowing oneself also seems to be related to the purpose and result that is to be achieved. In other words, a person has to know himself or herself in order to make sense of their being, and at the same time, when they know themselves or by knowing themselves, they also know the meaning of being, the meaning of real existence. The concept of "knowing yourself" has undoubtedly manifested itself in the enlightenment processes and has been touched upon superficially throughout the human history. In this book, the approaches of the Sufi and Zen sages have been studied in this context. The Sufi and the Zen sages have given great importance to reveal, with great skill, about knowing yourself in their daily lives and their approaches. Moreover, Zen masters have successfully demonstrated the meaning of the concept of "knowing yourself' - which Sufis emphasize as a direct and fundamental universal concept and the practical details of its content with great fastidiousness and have presented it for the understanding of humanity.
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