A Spirit of Tolerance The Inspiring Life of

Tierno Bokar (1875-1939), African mystic and Muslim spiritual teacher, was remarkable for the drama of his life story (which was made into a recent play directed by Peter Brook). His message of religious tolerance and universal love is profoundly important in a world where different faiths are often at odds with each other.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xv
Author's Preface to the 1980 French Edition	p. xxix
His Life
Roots	p. 3
The Teacher	p. 24
The Bandiagara Zawiya	p. 24
The Origin of the Practice of "Eleven Beads" and "Twelve Beads"	p. 44
The Destiny of Sharif Hamallah	p. 57
The Meeting of Tierno Bokar with Sharif Hamallah	p. 71
The Beginning of the Persecutions	p. 81
The Ordeal	p. 92
His Words
The Well	p. 115
The Three Lights	p. 117
The Three Degrees of Faith	p. 119
The Miserly Merchant	p. 121
Thinking Beings	p. 121
Does God Love Infidels?	p. 122
The Rainbow	p. 126
Children of the Same Father	p. 127
Relations with Other Religions	p. 128
Being on Guard Against One's Own "Dust"	p. 131
Religion is One in Its Essence	p. 132
God, Who Confounds Human Intelligence	p. 134
The Turbaned Hypocrite	p. 135
Religious Struggles	p. 136
Battle Horses	p. 137
The Bird Fallen from Its Nest	p. 138
The Little Dog and Paradise	p. 139
The Two Kinds of Beauty	p. 142
White Birds and Black Birds	p. 144
The Dhikr	p. 146
The Three Types of Clothing	p. 149
The Palace and the Thatched Cottage	p. 150
The Responsibility of Leaders (Chiefs)	p. 151
The Throne and the Butcher Boy	p. 153
Tradition and Change	p. 156
His Teachings
First Lesson: The Primordial Pact	p. 167
Second Lesson: Ma 'd-Din	p. 181
Third Lesson: A Synthesis of the Esoteric Teachings: Shari`a Batiniyya (Inner Law)	p. 190
Sufism	p. 190
The Tijani Way	p. 200
The Pearl of Perfection	p. 207
Sufism and Brotherhoods (Turuq) in Islam	p. 211
Biographical Notes	p. 227
Index	p. 231
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