An interactive seminar
Saturday 30th November 2024
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London
An afternoon devoted to discussion of the question: what is the knowledge we can attain if we contemplate the person of Jesus and his function and role in the world of humanity?
21st November – 19th December 2024
Thursdays, 19:30 – 21:00 GMT
A new 28-day intensive online course combining daily (individual or group) meditation, study and contemplation.
A Comprehensive Beshara Course for Young Adults
1st October – 3rd December 2024
Weekly on Tuesdays, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT/BST
Online via Zoom
This is a new, pilot course for young people offering participants an opportunity to explore and make sense of the world around and within them. It is designed as a voyage of discovery toward a more fulfilled life. The course addresses the whole person – body, mind and spirit – by drawing on a wide range of sources and techniques.
Contact: besharacourses3@beshara.org
Saturday 20th July 2024
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London
Union is the only remedy for separation
Those who do not attain Union cannot be at peace. (Mehmed Muhyiddin Üftāde)
We shall investigate the theme of Union as exemplified in the writings of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Üftāde, Bulent Rauf and others.
This is an interactive seminar facilitated by students of Beshara.
Learning from Ibn ‘Arabi
Saturday 20th April 2024
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London
An exploratory seminar on some themes from the Wisdom of Breathing Out in the Word of Seth, the second chapter of Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fusus al-Hikam (The Ringstones of Wisdom).
Hindu-Muslim comparative inquiry
9th December 2023
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London
A seminar by Hina Khalid
This seminar ventures into the relatively unexplored terrain of a Hindu-Muslim comparative inquiry into the intimate presence of the divine reality to the finite world. It offers a comparative analysis of the conception of the infinite in the worldviews of two major philosopher-poets of the Indian subcontinent – Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941).