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{{Style P-Title|FOOTNOTE TO “A TREATISE ON SUFISM”}}
{{Style P-Title|FOOTNOTE TO “A TREATISE ON SUFISM”}}
{{HPB-CW-comment|view=center|[''The Theosophist'', Vol. III, No. 11, August, 1882 p. 266]}}
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{{HPB-CW-comment|[In this paper, written in 1811 and treating of Mohammedan mysticism, the statement is made that “the Sufi has no religion.” On this H. P. B. remarks:]}}
{{HPB-CW-comment|[In this paper, written in 1811 and treating of Mohammedan mysticism, the statement is made that “the Sufi has no religion.” On this H. P. B. remarks:]}}
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That is to say, no external, ritualistic, and dogmatic religion. The same may be said of every Mahatma, or any one who seriously strives to become one. He is a Theosophist and must strive after “divine,” not human, wisdom.
That is to say, no external, ritualistic, and dogmatic religion. The same may be said of every Mahatma, or any one who seriously strives to become one. He is a Theosophist and must strive after “divine,” not ''human'', wisdom.