The Naqshbandi rules are a set of technical rules that govern measurement and assessment in the Sufi tradition, translated and made available to you in this book. You do not just read and learn them i...

Vividly recreating the early life of Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, Bestower of Light presents an intimate portrait of a contemporary Sufi master dealing with the complexit...

"Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was kingdom that, naturally had a king. One day the King decided that out of the many possibilities the best thing he could do would be to build a great ...

Attar, one of the giants of Islamic, Persian and world literature, was born near Mashhad in Persia in 1136 CE. He was a perfumer who was also a leader of a mystical school of poets and was himself ren...

The Psychology of Sufism is a guide to help the reader understand the nature of humanity and the obstacles to becoming a true human being. Within this context, the symbolic dream world is discussed in...

THE MULLA WENT TO SEE A RICH MAN. 'GIVE ME SOME MONEY.' 'WHY?' 'I WANT TO BUY...AN ELEPHANT.' 'IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP AN ELEPHANT.' 'I CAME HERE,' SAID NASRUDIN, 'TO GET MONEY,...

Dervish 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 know...

In response to the many inquiries he has received about the Sufi tradition from people from all walks of life, leading Sufi expert Idries Shah presents a clarifying series of questions and answers tha...

""The Glance" is that mystical moment when the eyes of two spiritually connected individuals meet - such as the life-changing meeting of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz. These powerful, complex and newly tra...

According to Sufi tradition, The Prayer or Salat was first taught by angels who themselves practiced it in celestial adoration. Here The Prayer's ancient rituals are made marvelously accessible as the...

The Sufis is the first authoritative, responsible book on Sufism, and as such it fills a colossal gap in Western documentation of Eastern subjects. Following a mystical teaching and a way of life that...

Many countries claim Mulla Nasrudin as a native, though few have gone so far as Turkey in exhibiting his grave and holding an annual Nasrudin Festival, when people dress up and enact the famous jokes ...

Hazrat Khan was one of the first to bring Sufism to the West. In Rasssa Shastra he shares his teachings on Sufi ideas of the sacred purpose of sex and relationships and stresses true union.

Through the eyes and heart of this unique sufi mystic, discover what actually happens when we die, what our state of existence is after death, and most importantly how this knowledge should affect our...

The stories compiled in this book were first heard in 1982 by a small group of people visiting with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in Colombo, Sri Lanka. From July to October, in the early hours of dawn, the story...

In these days it is necessary-more than before-to emphasize the inner, spiritual aspects of the pilgrimage and the other duties of the believer. . . . [this] new book will be a good help for all those...

Layla and Majnun have been characters for Sufi poets, as Krishna was for the poets of India. Majnun means absorption into a thought and Layla means the night of obscurity. The story is from beginning ...

This book provides perhaps the most complete and detailed account available of the aim, method, and living practice of Sufism in the modern world.?The book is intended for a general audience, as well ...

Here is a collection of 39 discourses about the essential knowledge of the heart. It offers a way of living that is not limited by the patterns of the past or the concepts of the mind. By opening to t...