Thinkers of the East - Idries Shah torrent

Category: Lecture, Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: Enlightenment Islam Muslim mysticism Philosophy Psychology Spirituality Sufis Sufism

Written by Idries Shah
Read by David Ault
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and “parables in action” illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than 100 sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical - and it is that characteristic of Sufi study which provides its impact and vitality. The emphasis of Thinkers of the East contrasts sharply with the Western concept of the East as a place of theory without practice, or thought without action. The book’s author, Idries Shah, says, “Without direct experience of such teaching, or at least a direct recording of it, I cannot see how Eastern thought can ever be understood.”