Book Description
Here, Nasrudin's anecdotes are seen to be parallel to the mind's working, designed to amuse the tea-house, but also intended for use on other levels.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Arabic fiction
ISBN : 0863040233
Here, Nasrudin's anecdotes are seen to be parallel to the mind's working, designed to amuse the tea-house, but also intended for use on other levels.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Plume
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character)
ISBN : 9780525473398
Collected stories about a popular figure in the folklore of many Asian and European countries.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 1983
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Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Arabic wit and humor
ISBN : 0863040217
"Nasrudin is an international folk hero of medieval origin, but timeless appeal. His role changes, sometimes he is a sage, sometimes the fool: he is courtier, beggar, physician, judge and teacher. Whether his anecdotes are studied for their hidden wisdom, or enjoyed for their pungent humour, they are an enduring part of the world's culture."--Cover.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fables, Sufi
ISBN : 0863040462
Tales from the Sufi tradition, illustrating Sufi philosophy and ways of thinking.
Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,91 MB
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140385045
When Ohkwa'ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the right thing—but he has also made enemies. Grabber and his friends will do anything they can to hurt him, especially during the village-wide game of Tekwaarathon (lacrosse). Ohkwa'ri believes in the path of peace, but can peaceful ways work against Grabber's wrath? "An exciting story that also offers an in-depth look at Native American life centuries ago." —Kirkus Reviews
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 36,66 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Sufi parables
ISBN : 0900860472
A mysterious chest is buried unopened. A wondrous caravan brings fortune to a simple cobbler. An outcast princess creates a new life in the wilderness. Some of the 78 tales in this remarkable book first appeared in print over a thousand years ago; others are medieval classics. Yet each has a special relevance for us at the dawn of the 21st century. All are told with Idries Shah's distinctive wit and grace and the author's own commentary notes. These are teaching stories in the Sufi tradition. Those who probe beyond the surface will find multiple meanings to challenge assumptions and foster new ways of thinking and perceiving. Tales of the Dervishes is essential reading for anyone interested in Sufi thought, the significance and history of tales, or simply superb entertainment.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character)
ISBN : 0863040861
Stories of Mulla Nasrudin appear in oral traditions and literature from the Middle East to Greece, Russia to China. Many nations claim Nasrudin as a native son, but nobody really knows who he was or where he came from. Whether the stories are studied for their humour or hidden wisdom, they help us understand our world and ourselves.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 2020-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1784790052
The Sufis is the best introduction ever written to the philosophical and mystical school traditionally associated with the Islamic world.Powerful, concise, and intensely thought-provoking, it sums up over a thousand years of Eastern thought - the product of some of the greatest minds humanity has ever produced - into a single work, presenting timeless ideas in a fresh and contemporary style.When the book was originally published in 1964, it launched its author, Idries Shah, on to the international stage, attracting the attention of thinkers and writers such as J. D. Salinger, Doris Lessing, Ted Hughes and Robert Graves.It introduced to the Western world concepts which have subsequently become commonly accepted, varying from the psychological importance of attention and humour, to the use of traditional tales as teaching instruments (what Shah termed 'teaching-stories'), and the historical debt owed by the West to the Middle East in matters scientific, literary and philosophical.As a primer for the many dozens of Sufi books that Shah later produced, it is unsurpassed, offering a clear window onto a community whose system of thought and action has long concerned itself with the advancement of the whole of humankind, and whose ideas about individuals and society, their purpose and direction, need to be understood now more than ever before.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sufism
ISBN : 0863040799
Drawn from teachings of more than a hundred sages from three continents, Thinkers of the East is a book of enormous breadth and depth, the impact and vitality of which is characteristic of the Sufi emphasis on experience rather than theory.