Organization and Influences
The Duties of the Heart is divided into ten sections termed (She'arim) "gates," corresponding to the ten fundamental principles which, according to Bahya's view, constitute man's spiritual life. This treatise on the inner spiritual life makes numerous references to both Biblical and Talmudic texts. It draws on the contemporary Sufi Islamic influences present in his contemporary Medieval Spain and also to the Classics (translated by the school of Hunayn bin Ishaq).
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