Thinkers of the East
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Thinkers of the East

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Thinkers of the East

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Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and 'parables in action' illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers.Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical - and it is that characteristic of Sufi study which provides its impact and vitality.The emphasis of Thinkers of the East contrasts sharply with the Western concept of the East as a place of theory without practice, or thought without action.The book's author, Idries Shah, says 'Without direct experience of such teaching, or at least a direct recording of it, I cannot see how Eastern thought can ever be understood'.

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Information

Publisher
ISF Publishing
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781784790653
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Books by Idries Shah
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Subjects Dealt With in Thinkers of the East
  8. A Death is Indicated
  9. Ordinary
  10. Bravery
  11. A Disciple of Haidar
  12. The Most Great Name
  13. The Book of Wisdom
  14. Kadudar and the Pilgrimage
  15. Dismissal
  16. Words of Israil of Bokhara
  17. Lands of the Gurus
  18. Nili
  19. How Man Is Sustained
  20. Jan Fishan and the Seeker
  21. Objectors
  22. Exclusion
  23. The Philosopher’s Stone
  24. Barbari and the Imitator
  25. Iskandar of Balkh
  26. Ali, Son of the Father of the Seeker
  27. Rabia el-Adawiya
  28. Abboud of Omdurman
  29. Ajami
  30. Conversion
  31. Raised and Cast Down
  32. Perplexity
  33. Admonition to Disciples
  34. Hasan of Basra
  35. What to Do
  36. The Test
  37. The Hundred Books
  38. Vehicle
  39. The Formula
  40. The Lives and Doings of the Masters
  41. Change
  42. Appetite
  43. Oil, Water, Cotton
  44. Sayed Sabir Ali-Shah
  45. In Mecca
  46. Halqavi
  47. The Journeys of Kazwini
  48. Inconsistencies
  49. A Report by Kirmani
  50. The Land of Truth
  51. Language
  52. Almost an Apple
  53. Etiquette
  54. Reactions
  55. Motivation
  56. Three Interpretations
  57. Farmyard
  58. Streaky Sand
  59. To Seek to Learn to Seek
  60. The Necessity for the Teaching
  61. Observing One’s Own Opinions
  62. Great Worth
  63. Analogy
  64. Lucky People
  65. Value for Money
  66. The Man Who Gave More – and Less
  67. When Even Kings Are Weak…
  68. Conversion
  69. Astrology
  70. I’ll Make You Remember
  71. The Next Generation
  72. If He Looks Good, He is Good
  73. Ruling and Ruled
  74. Hariri the Good Man
  75. Camlet
  76. Respect
  77. The Legend of the Three Men
  78. Mystery
  79. Merchant of Secrets
  80. Distant Projection
  81. Imam Baqir
  82. Ajnabi
  83. Rahimi
  84. Reading
  85. Haji Bektash Wali
  86. The Book of Nonsense
  87. Shakir Amali
  88. How and What to Understand
  89. Displacement
  90. Dividing Camels
  91. Revolting
  92. Laws
  93. Example
  94. The Miracle
  95. Every Luxury
  96. Unsuitable
  97. Sayed Sultan
  98. Three Men of Turkistan
  99. Feeling
  100. The Precious Jewel
  101. The Price of a Symbol
  102. The Water-Wheel
  103. Rauf Mazari
  104. Meaning of a Legend
  105. Ardabili
  106. Inward and Outward Knowledge
  107. The Secret Teacher
  108. A Morning’s Marketing
  109. Moss
  110. Bahaudin and the Scholar
  111. Visiting and Obtaining
  112. Bahaudin
  113. Bahaudin Naqshband
  114. Storing and Transmitting
  115. How it Feels to Be a Teacher
  116. Founding of a School
  117. Opulence
  118. Wisdom
  119. Luxury and Simplicity
  120. The Caravan
  121. Giant Apples
  122. Effort
  123. The New Initiate
  124. Unanswerable
  125. Literalism
  126. Hilmi
  127. The High Knowledge
  128. Charikari
  129. Hazrat Bahaudin Shah
  130. Difficult
  131. Presents
  132. Nahas
  133. Chances
  134. Siyahposh
  135. The Embassy from China
  136. The Question
  137. Transition
  138. Seeing
  139. The Deputation from Syria
  140. Literature
  141. Environment
  142. Andaki
  143. Buyer and Seller
  144. Learning by Signs
  145. The Pardoned Murderer
  146. Halabi
  147. The Abode of Truth
  148. Rights and Duties
  149. Alisher Nawai
  150. The Design
  151. Ghazali
  152. The Rules of the Schools
  153. Bahaudin Naqshband Discipleship and Development
  154. Counsels of Bahaudin
  155. The Legend of Nasrudin
  156. The Sufi Quest
  157. A Request