Idries Shah

Caravana de sue os ccondensa la esencia del pensamiento oriental a trav s de un banquete de cuentos, dichos, poemas y alegor as, recopilado por uno de los m s destacados expertos en filosof a oriental. Idries Shah construye una imagen completa de una consciencia nica, relacionando la mitolog a con la realidad, iluminando patrones y dise os hist ricos, y presentando leyendas filos ficas en esta antolog a excepcional. Su t tulo est inspirado en este d stico escrito por el m stico Sufi Bahaudin: "Aqu estamos, todos nosotros: en una caravana-sue o. Una caravana, mas un sue o; un sue o, mas una caravana. Y sabemos cu les son los sue os. En ello yace la esperanza."

The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and scholars, and by followers of philosophy. Idries Shah assembled this collection of Nasrudin's trials and tribulations from ancient manuscripts and oral literature, from sources in North Africa and Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. Many were known to the great Sufi masters, Rumi, Jami, and Attar the chemist.

The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and scholars, and by followers of philosophy. Idries Shah assembled this collection of Nasrudin's trials and tribulations from ancient manuscripts and oral literature, from sources in North Africa and Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. Many were known to the great Sufi masters, Rumi, Jami, and Attar the chemist.

Small in size, but with a powerful punch, Idries Shah's Reflections is a collection of fables, aphorisms, and statements that challenge the conditioned mind. The book confronts the reader with unaccustomed perspectives and ideas, in an attempt to set the mind free, to see how things really are. As the book's foreword states, "Do you imagine that fables exist only to amuse or to instruct, and are based upon fiction? The best ones are delineations of what happens in real life, in the community and in the individual's mental processes".

Cuando apareci por primera vez en 1964, Los Sufis fue acogido como la obra decisiva sobre la materia. Rico en su alcance, explica por primera vez a un p blico occidental las tradiciones y la filosof a de los Sufis de un modo claro y did ctico. Durante las cinco d cadas posteriores a su lanzamiento, el libro fue traducido a una docena de idiomas y ha encontrado una amplia variedad de lectores tanto en Oriente como Occidente. Es utilizado como libro de referencia en much simas universidades de todo el mundo, y el material que contiene ha venido siendo aplicado por psic logos, cient ficos, maestros de escuela, abogados, trabajadores sociales e integrantes de la sociedad en general. Acaso la mejor introducci n al corpus de Shah, y sin dudas la m s exhaustivamente informativa. Al instante uno se ve forzado a usar la propia mente de un modo novedoso. - The New York Times

The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi study. The author begins with the outward aspects of the teaching most likely to puzzle the student coming fresh to the subject. He considers various attitudes to Sufi ideas, and evidence of their absorption into medieval Christianity, Hinduism, Jewish mysticism and modern philosophical teachings. The greater part of the book illuminates aspects of Sufi activity and practice relevant to the contemporary world.

Many countries claim Nasrudin as a native, although few have gone so far as Turkey in exhibiting a 'grave' of the wisest fool who ever lived, and holding an annual Nasrudin Festival. He is the greatest, most intriguing, character of folklore found in any Eastern land. Versions of his back-to-front thinking can be found in Morocco, Egypt and Russia, in Turkey, Greece, Albania and Afghanistan. Since Idries Shah made Nasrudin's genius available to mainstream Western readers three decades ago, people from every walk of life have laughed at and learned from the wise fool's inimitable escapades.

Many countries claim Nasrudin as a native, although few have gone so far as Turkey in exhibiting a 'grave' of the wisest fool who ever lived, and holding an annual Nasrudin Festival. He is the greatest, most intriguing, character of folklore found in any Eastern land. Versions of his back-to-front thinking can be found in Morocco, Egypt and Russia, in Turkey, Greece, Albania and Afghanistan. Since Idries Shah made Nasrudin's genius available to mainstream Western readers three decades ago, people from every walk of life have laughed at and learned from the wise fool's inimitable escapades.

Many countries claim Nasrudin as a native, although few have gone so far as Turkey in exhibiting a 'grave' of the wisest fool who ever lived, and holding an annual Nasrudin Festival. He is the greatest, most intriguing, character of folklore found in any Eastern land. Versions of his back-to-front thinking can be found in Morocco, Egypt and Russia, in Turkey, Greece, Albania and Afghanistan. Since Idries Shah made Nasrudin's genius available to mainstream Western readers three decades ago, people from every walk of life have laughed at and learned from the wise fool's inimitable escapades.

Als einer Frau ein Apfel in ein tiefes Loch fallt, unternimmt sie alles Mogliche, um ihn zuruckzubekommen, aber ohne Erfolg - bis die Geschichte eine unerwartete Wendung nimmt. Durch diese Fabel lernen Kinder, wie man schwierige Probleme auf kreative Weise losen kann.

Fatima glaubt, dass ihr Leben von einer Katastrophe nach der anderen verfolgt ist, bis sie schlielich erkennt, dass all die scheinbar unglucklichen Vorfalle wesentliche Bausteine dessen waren, was letztendlich zu ihrem Gluck und ihrer Erfullung beitrug.

Am Tag der Geburt eines Jungen werden seine Eltern von einem weisen Mann aufgesucht, der zu ihnen sagt: "Dies ist ein ganz bedeutender Junge, und eines Tages werde ich ihm etwas Wunderbares schenken. Doch bevor ich das tue, muss ich ihm seinen Namen geben. Gebt ihm bitte jetzt noch keinen Namen." Also nennen ihn seine Eltern "Benaam", was "Namenlos" bedeutet. Die Geschichte handelt davon, wie der Junge seinen wahren Namen sucht und schlie lich findet - und gleichzeitig findet er noch vieles mehr. Dieses Buch geh rt zu einer Reihe von illustrierten Lehrgeschichten von Idries Shah - Geschichten, die schon seit Jahrtausenden die Herzen und K pfe von Menschen jeden Alters erobern. Sie sollen Kinder dazu anregen, sich ihre vorgefassten Meinungen genauer anzusehen und eigenst ndig zu denken. Eine der vielen Einsichten, die dieses M rchen den Lesern vor Augen f hrt, ist die Erkenntnis, dass es Geduld und Entschlossenheit braucht, um seine Ziele im Leben zu erreichen. Die wundersch nen Illustrationen von Mona Caron machen dieses M rchen noch spannender und zeigen jungen wie auch erwachsenen Lesern eine verborgene, magische Welt.

Als ein gutmutiger Lowe sein Spiegelbild im Wasser eines Tumpel sieht, verschlagt es ihm beim Anblick des Wesens, das ihn ansieht, den Atem. Er furchtet sich zu sehr, um zu trinken, bis sein Durst am Ende zu gro ist und er seine Angst uberwindet.