The Islamic Subtleties Lataif and Buddhist wheel circle Chakras In Esoteric Theories: A Comparative Perspective

Abstract

In several religious tradition’s simulations of the human body regarding its visible formation may be parallel to its “subtle” or “spiritual” structures, which function to mediate between the material and the transcendent realm. The theory of the subtleties delivers a flexible and soft relationship of the human individual to wider metaphysical and ideological systems. The  construction of these subtleties actually trains the person through different practices like “ zikr”, “ Muraqabah”, meditational traditions like ‘yantra yoga’ in Buddhism, meditative visualization like ‘mantras’, ‘mudras’ in Hinduism and ‘Meridians’ energy points in Chine’s tradition. These subtleties which are the inborn points of lights in each human body having positions in particular organs with specific colors and significant works according to their traditions. These function within that tradition ought to reflect religious and cultural transformation within that environment. In the following study, the esoteric theories of the subtle spiritual centers of the person developed by the Islamic Sufi tradition and the Buddhist Tibetan tradition will be considered. While a primary focus of the paper is to demonstrate how these “Lataif” and “chakras” work in understanding of spiritual transformation. Further intent to describe their human individual understanding and impacts at societal level. These esoteric theories are considered psycho-spiritual constituents which each bearing meaningful correspondences to cosmic processes. Though both Lataif and chakras points are located in entirely different locations on the body and deal with different things even then their cognitive behavior therapy eventually transform into clear light that is the main reality of the Lataif in Islamic Sufism. These spiritual practice’s objective to release from all negative habituation and escape from control of reasoning that brings the unity of perception of God Almighty though Buddhism has not a clear idea of one God, however, grasp the concept of enlightenment of heart.