{"product_id":"tales-of-the-dervishes","title":"Tales Of The Dervishes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shah, Idries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Multicolor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-10-1993\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140193589\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nDervish tales are more than fable, legend, or folklore. For centuries dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these teaching stories, which are said to increase perception and knowledge and provide a better understanding of man and the world. In wit, construction, and piquancy, they compare with the finest tales of any culture. Idries Shah spent many years traveling through three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. This anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertories of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\n\"... a collection of diamonds ... incredibly well-crafted, multifaceted ... likely to endure in the manner of the Koran and the Bible.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nProfessor Robert E. Ornstein, Ph.D., Psychology Today, July 1973\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"... challenges our intellectual assumptions at almost every point.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Observer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"... equal, and sometimes surpass, in relevance, piquancy and humour, the best of the spiritual and ethical teachers of the West ...\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nKirkus Review, November 5, 1969\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"... some really cracking tales ... full of wit, sophistication, irony and commonsense ... completely absorbing.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nNorthern Despatch, October 20, 1967\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"... these teaching-tales could become a permanent part of the reader's experience ...\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nGeoffrey Grigson, Country Life, October 26, 1967\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"An astonishingly generous and liberating book ... strikingly appropriate for our time and situation ... a jewel flung in the market-place.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Beautifully translated . . equips men and women to make good use of their lives.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nProfessor James Kritzeck, The Nation\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"For every decade we live, we will find another meaning in each story.\" --\u003cbr\u003e\nDesmond Morris, BBC - The World of Books\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nIdries Shah was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote dozens of books on topics ranging from psychology to spiritualilty to travelogues to other anthropological studies. In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Shah is known for\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Sufis,\u003cbr\u003e\n The Commanding Self,\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Subleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin,\u003cbr\u003e\n The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin,\u003cbr\u003e\n Thinkers of the East, and\u003cbr\u003e\nLearning How to Learn. \u003cbr\u003e\n      Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.      \u003cbr\u003e\nTHE IDIOT, THE WISE MAN AND THE JUG\u003cbr\u003e\nAn idiot may be the name given to the ordinary man, who consistently misinterprets what happens to him, what he does, or what is brought about by others. He does this so completely plausibly that - for himself and his peers - large areas of life and thought seem logical and true. \u003cbr\u003e\nAn idiot of this kind was sent one day with a pitcher to a wise man, to collect some wine. \u003cbr\u003e\nOn the way the idiot, through his own heedlessness, smashed the jar against a rock. \u003cbr\u003e\nWhen he arrived at the house of the wise man, he presented him with the handle of the pitcher, and said: \u003cbr\u003e\n\"So-and-so sent you this pitcher, but a horrid stone stole it from me.\" \u003cbr\u003e\nAmused and wishing to test his coherence, the wise man asked: \u003cbr\u003e\n\"Since the pitcher is stolen, why do you offer me the handle?\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\"I am not such a fool as people say,\" the idiot told him, \"and therefore I have brought the handle to prove my story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140193589\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49110998057264,"sku":"Prakash_9780140193589","price":879.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/penguin-books-book-default-title-tales-of-the-dervishes-38848249954608.jpg?v=1753014180","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/tales-of-the-dervishes","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}