Sufism in India & Central Asia…

This week, I had the honor and pleasure of speaking on Sufism at an international conference on “Sufism in India & Central Asia” at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. It was wonderful to meet scholars, diplomats, and students from around the world with similar research interests, and I enjoyed speaking with the other participants in Persian, Russian, Arabic and Uzbek. It was an extraordinary opportunity to discuss the historical and philosophical connections between Sufism, Hinduism/bhakti yoga, Buddhism, and shamanism in India and Central Asia, and I’m very grateful for all that I learned at this truly stimulating conference in India…