Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Conference of Birds - a Sufi Allegory: Being an Abridged Version of Farid Ud Atta's "Mantiq Ut Tayar" by R.P. Masani ISBN: 8-1206172-2-3 Publisher: Laurier Books Ltd. /AES Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $26.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Reaching to oneself
Comment: Fariduddin Attat is a wonderful commentator of sufi thought. In this epic poem of self actualization and self realization he reachs and touches the essence of sufic thought. The beautiful thought classically woven in the form of poetry by Attar in such a manner that one enjoys the form and contents equally.
In a very subtle way another book"Journey to the East" by great German novelist Hermann Hesse is a reflection on this poem, specially when thirty birds reaching destination find that Simrogh was nobody but themselves.
This is what its all about reaching to onself but not just like that, but through quest. This is a book very highly recomended for reading.
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.
 |
Title: The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master by Hafiz, Daniel Ladinsky ISBN: 0140195815 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
 |
Title: The Rose Garden (Gulistan) of Saadi by Saadi, Omar Ali-Shah ISBN: 2909347060 Publisher: Tractus Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
 |
Title: Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks ISBN: 0062509594 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
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, Limited Pub. Date: 01 July, 1984 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
 |
Title: Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality (Paper), Number 86) by Michael A. Sells ISBN: 0809136198 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
