al-Ghazzali
1058-1111    53 years

Persian Arabic:
ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی
well known Muslim scholar, Sufi, mystic, writer

born in Persia
father was a Sufi, died when al-Ghazzali was young

traveled extensively

wrote over 70 books on religion, philosophy, mysticism

died in Persia
There was a great Sufi master – one of the greatest in
all the ages – al-Ghazzali. He says: 'On the path of
human growth from man to God – from man the
potential to man the actual, from possibility to reality –
there are seven valleys.' These seven valleys are of
immense importance. Try to understand them because
you will have to pass through those seven valleys.
Everybody has to pass through those seven valleys...
                              
                                                        --Osho
             Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol. 2, ch. 1
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