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BL
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691405
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b513594
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| Uniform Title
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Vie et enseignement de Tierno Bokar.English
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| Main Entry
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Bâ, Amadou Hampaté.
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| Title & Author
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A spirit of tolerance : : the inspiring life of Tierno Bokar /\ by Amadou Hampaté Bâ ; edited by Roger Gaetani ; introduction by Louis Brenner.
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| Publication Statement
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Bloomington, Ind. :: World Wisdom,, c2008.
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| Series Statement
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The library of perenniel philosophy. Spiritual masters--East & West series
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| Page. NO
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xxxiii, 236 p. :: ill., maps ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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1933316470 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781933316475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index.
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| Contents
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His life -- Roots -- The teacher -- The Bandiagara Zāwiya -- The origin of the practice of "eleven beads" and "twelve beads" -- The destiny of Sharīf Hamallah -- The meeting of Tierno Bokar with Sharīf Hamallah -- The beginning of the persecutions -- The ordeal -- His words -- The well -- The three lights -- The three degrees of faith -- The miserly merchant -- Thinking beings -- Does God love infidels? -- The rainbow -- Children of the same father -- Relations with other religions -- Being on guard against one's own "dust" -- Religion is one in its essence -- God, who confounds human intelligence -- The turbaned hypocrite -- Religious struggles -- Battle horses -- The bird fallen from its nest -- The little dog and paradise -- The two kinds of beauty -- White birds and black birds -- The Dhikr -- The three types of clothing -- The palace and the thatched cottage -- The responsibility of leaders (chiefs) -- The throne and the butcher boy -- Tradition and change -- His teachings -- First lesson: the Primordial Pact -- Second lesson: Mā 'd-Dīn -- Third lesson: a synthesis of the esoteric teachings : Sharī'a Bātiniyya (inner law): Sufism, the Tijani way.
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Cerno Bokar Saalif Taal.
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Sufism-- Mali.
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Tijānīyah members-- Mali, Biography.
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| LC Classification
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BP80.T54 B313 2008
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| Added Entry
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Gaetani, Roger,1954-
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