• Osho Library
(also here
and here)
In Zen
the key word is ‘mindfulness’. In Sufism the key word is ‘heartfulness’.
Remember this – it will make it clear where they differ. Zen is against mind,
but goes beyond mind through the mind. Sufism is not against the mind, Sufism
is completely indifferent to the mind. Sufism is focused on the heart; it
simply does not bother about the mind. It believes in heartfulness.
Yes, a certain kind of awakening comes to the Sufi too. If we call the
Zen-awakening SATORI mind-wakefulness, then we will have to coin a word for the
Sufi awakening: ‘heart-wakefulness’. The path of the Sufi is the path of the
lover. The path of Zen is the path of the warrior, the samurai.
• Mystery of Existence
In Christianity, there is an emphasis on prayer and ethics.
In Buddhism, on meditation and mindfulness. In Sufism, on
devotion and love. All of these and more is what we can do as
a human being. And we are met by grace, by gifts from the
larger whole – from ourselves as Big Mind/Heart.
• Sufi
Yoga
The difference between Yoga and Sufi Yoga is a heartful
engagement with the world to restore peace in our surroundings.
• Whole
Health Therapies
... a state of heartfulness [is] … similar to mindfulness but full of
compassion.
• Father Thomas Keating
• An interview with Father Thomas Keating (brief
excerpt)
• Garrison Institute
Mindfulness meditation is about consciousness, it emphasizes the mind. Christian contemplative practices emphasize the heart and Heartfulness....
Heartfulness is the cultivation of interior silence in relation to the ultimate reality, what in the Abrahamic traditions is called God. It is a cultivation of spiritual will, the seat of the deepest level of love in the organism. It has roots in Old Testament, going back 3000 years. It is a contemplative tradition, deeply rooted....
... In dialogues I have had with Buddhists, they have the notion of ultimate reality, but their relationship to it is impersonal....
... Contemplative traditions are moving towards the integration of both sides – mindfulness with heartfulness.
• Dr.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Coming to Our Senses
In Asian languages [such as Mandarin], the word for ‘mind’ and the
word for ‘heart’ are the same word [心].
So when we hear the word ‘mindfulness’, we have to inwardly also
hear ‘heartfulness’ in order to grasp it even as a concept, and
especially as a way of being.
• World Book Dictionary. 2011.
• World Book, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
heart|ful <<HAHRT fuhl>>, adjective.
1. hearty; cordial.
2. earnest; sincere.
-heart´ful|ly, adverb.
–heart´ful|ness, noun.
• Wiktionary
heartfulness
English
Etymology
heartful + -ness
Noun
heartfulness (uncountable)
1. The state or quality of being heartful.
• Wiktionary
heartful
English
Etymology
heart + -ful
Noun
heartful (plural heartfuls or heartsful)
1. An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
2. 1961, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, The souls of black folk: essays and sketches
How many heartfuls of sorrow shall balance a bushel of wheat?
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