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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- Cover Page
- Books by Idries Shah
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Subjects Dealt With in Thinkers of the East
- A Death is Indicated
- Ordinary
- Bravery
- A Disciple of Haidar
- The Most Great Name
- The Book of Wisdom
- Kadudar and the Pilgrimage
- Dismissal
- Words of Israil of Bokhara
- Lands of the Gurus
- Nili
- How Man Is Sustained
- Jan Fishan and the Seeker
- Objectors
- Exclusion
- The Philosopher’s Stone
- Barbari and the Imitator
- Iskandar of Balkh
- Ali, Son of the Father of the Seeker
- Rabia el-Adawiya
- Abboud of Omdurman
- Ajami
- Conversion
- Raised and Cast Down
- Perplexity
- Admonition to Disciples
- Hasan of Basra
- What to Do
- The Test
- The Hundred Books
- Vehicle
- The Formula
- The Lives and Doings of the Masters
- Change
- Appetite
- Oil, Water, Cotton
- Sayed Sabir Ali-Shah
- In Mecca
- Halqavi
- The Journeys of Kazwini
- Inconsistencies
- A Report by Kirmani
- The Land of Truth
- Language
- Almost an Apple
- Etiquette
- Reactions
- Motivation
- Three Interpretations
- Farmyard
- Streaky Sand
- To Seek to Learn to Seek
- The Necessity for the Teaching
- Observing One’s Own Opinions
- Great Worth
- Analogy
- Lucky People
- Value for Money
- The Man Who Gave More – and Less
- When Even Kings Are Weak…
- Conversion
- Astrology
- I’ll Make You Remember
- The Next Generation
- If He Looks Good, He is Good
- Ruling and Ruled
- Hariri the Good Man
- Camlet
- Respect
- The Legend of the Three Men
- Mystery
- Merchant of Secrets
- Distant Projection
- Imam Baqir
- Ajnabi
- Rahimi
- Reading
- Haji Bektash Wali
- The Book of Nonsense
- Shakir Amali
- How and What to Understand
- Displacement
- Dividing Camels
- Revolting
- Laws
- Example
- The Miracle
- Every Luxury
- Unsuitable
- Sayed Sultan
- Three Men of Turkistan
- Feeling
- The Precious Jewel
- The Price of a Symbol
- The Water-Wheel
- Rauf Mazari
- Meaning of a Legend
- Ardabili
- Inward and Outward Knowledge
- The Secret Teacher
- A Morning’s Marketing
- Moss
- Bahaudin and the Scholar
- Visiting and Obtaining
- Bahaudin
- Bahaudin Naqshband
- Storing and Transmitting
- How it Feels to Be a Teacher
- Founding of a School
- Opulence
- Wisdom
- Luxury and Simplicity
- The Caravan
- Giant Apples
- Effort
- The New Initiate
- Unanswerable
- Literalism
- Hilmi
- The High Knowledge
- Charikari
- Hazrat Bahaudin Shah
- Difficult
- Presents
- Nahas
- Chances
- Siyahposh
- The Embassy from China
- The Question
- Transition
- Seeing
- The Deputation from Syria
- Literature
- Environment
- Andaki
- Buyer and Seller
- Learning by Signs
- The Pardoned Murderer
- Halabi
- The Abode of Truth
- Rights and Duties
- Alisher Nawai
- The Design
- Ghazali
- The Rules of the Schools
- Bahaudin Naqshband Discipleship and Development
- Counsels of Bahaudin
- The Legend of Nasrudin
- The Sufi Quest
- A Request