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Title: The Conference of the Birds by Farid Al-Din Attar, Jean-Claude Carriere, Peter Brook ISBN: 0-87129-106-1 Publisher: Dramatic Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Masterpiece. Required reading for every human being
Comment: Even though I am a decendant of Farid Ud Din Attar, I can say without bias that this book is excellent. A must read, filled with many lessons and hidden analects.
Rating: 5
Summary: I can't stop reading this book over and over again
Comment: This is simply one of the best books I have ever read. Everytime I lend it to someone, I don't see it again, I would have to buy another copy. Make sure you get the poetic/prose version by Afkham Durbandi.
Rating: 5
Summary: A good story about discovering oneself
Comment: This book is about birds who set out on a voyage to find G'd (Simorgh). Using a number of parables and metaphors, the author uses the voyage as a process of self discovery. In the voyage, many birds fall by the wayside, while their leader questions them why they are giving up; these questions are the same questions, in theory, everyone should be asking themselves.
The translation is very good, though sometimes I questioned the fidelity of it, since it was rhymed in Persian and the author made it rhyme in English as well.
As a comparison, Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist has some similar lessons (such as seeking oneself), but Farid's work is much more subtle and interesting from the point of view of allegories and symbolism. Of course, in the end there is a surprise in both, but I will leave it to the reader to find out.
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Title: The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master by Hafiz, Daniel Ladinsky ISBN: 0140195815 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Essential Rumi - reissue : New Expanded Edition by Coleman Barks ISBN: 0062509594 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Meccan Revelations by Ibn Al'Arabi, Ibn Arabi, Michel Chodkiewicz, William C. Chittick ISBN: 1879708167 Publisher: Pir Pubns Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Ian Arabi, Ibn Arabi, Rabia T. Harris ISBN: 0892810181 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Bostan of Saadi (The Orchard), Books I and II by Sheikh Muslihu-d-Din Sa'adi of Shiraz, Barlas Mirza Aqil-Hussain, Idries Shah ISBN: 0863040349 Publisher: Octagon Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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