Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years

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  • ISBN-13: 9780140193589
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/28/1993
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 490,645
  • Series: Compass Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.26 (w) x...
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  • ISBN-13: 9780140193589
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/28/1993
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 490,645
  • Series: Compass Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.26 (w) x 7.84 (h) x 0.57 (d)

Table of Contents

Tales of the Dervishes Preface The Three Fishes The Food of Paradise When the Waters Were Changed The Tale of the Sands The Blind Ones and the Matter of the Elephant The Dog, the Stick and the Sufi How to Catch Monkeys The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey The Three Truths The Sultan Who Became an Exile The Story of Fire The Ogre and the Sufi The Merchant and the Christian Dervish The Golden Fortune The Candlestick of Iron Strike on this Spot Why the Clay Birds Flew Away The Gnat Namouss - and the Elephant The Idiot, the Wise Man, and the Jug The Wayward Princess The Bequest The Oath The Idiot in the Great City The Founding of a Tradition Fatima the Spinner and the Tent The Gates of Paradise The Man Who Was Aware of Death The Man Who Was Easily Angered The Dog and the Donkey Carrying Shoes The Man Who Walked on Water The Ant and the Dragonfly The Story of Tea The King Who Decided to Be Generous The Cure of Human Blood The Dam The Three Dervishes The Four Magic Treasures The Dreams and the Loaf of Bread Bread and Jewels The Limitations of Dogma The Fisherman and the Genie The Time, the Place and the People The Parable of the Three Domains Valuable - and Worthless The Bird and the Egg Three Pieces of Advice The Mountain Path The Snake and the Peacock The Water of Paradise The Horseman and the Snake Isa and the Doubters In the Street of the Perfume-Sellers The Parable of the Greedy Sons The Nature of Discipleship The Initiation of Malik Dinar The Idiot and the Browsing Camel The Three Jewelled Rings The Man with the Inexplicable Life The Man Whose Time Was Wrong Maruf the Cobbler Wisdom for Sale The King and the Poor Boy The Three Teachers and the Muleteers Bayazid and the Selfish Man The People Who Attain Wayfarer, Strangeness and Savetime Timur Agha and the Speech of Animals The Indian Bird When Death Came to Baghdad The Grammarian and the Dervish The Dervish and the Princess The Increasing of Necessity The Man Who Looked Only at the Obvious How Knowledge Was Earned The Lamp Shop The Chariot The Lame Man and the Blind Man The Servants and the House The Generous Man The Host and the Guests The King's Son Appendix: Authors and teachers, in chronological order

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 20, 2001

    'Tales of the Dervishes'

    Almost 30 years after first encountering 'Tales of the Dervishes' it still ranks as one of those books I¿d happily be marooned with on a desert island. The stories in 'Tales of the Dervishes' are truly magical, it's word that best decribes their effect. After repeated re-reading over the years their freshness hasn¿t diminished at all. It¿s the closest I know, as an adult, to what children may experience when hearing one of the great fairy stories. As with all Idries Shah works the writing is a delight. Shah¿s translation of Aflaki¿s ¿The Merchant and the Christian Dervish¿ resonates with economical power and shows his ability to make a story from another time and culture speak to the present moment. As a true desert island book 'Tales of the Dervishes'must do more than just entertain; and it does this with an inexhaustible wealth of intimations and insights. Read `The Dam¿ if you are nonplussed by the parlous state of the world¿s great religions; `The Cure of Human Blood¿ if you want perspectives on how faith works or `The Golden Fortune¿ if you want insights into spiritual method. What¿s most precious in humanity: elegance and profundity, passion and pity, wisdom and community ¿ all parade through the pages of 'Tales of the Dervishes'. If not a desert island maybe your bedside table.

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