The Bektashi Order of Dervishes, paperback format, published Nov 2015

The Bektashi Order of Dervishes

J K Birge

Luzac Oriental

Rare account of this Sufi Order of Islam based on first hand research - remains the most influential and trustworthy account of the Bektashi

History

Birge, John Kingsley, Ph.D.

Middle East

Until recent years almost everyone who has written on the subject of music of the Arabs has looked, in the matter of origins, to either Greece or Persia. However excavations in recent years on the sites of ancient civilizations have brought wondrous changes in our notions of the world's culture history

A History of Arabian Music to the Xiiith Century

Arts & Photography

Farmer, Henry George

Music

The Ring of the Dove: A Treatise on the Art and Practice of Arab Love

Literature & Fiction

Hazm, Ibn

History & Criticism

Ibn Hazm

Venture With Ideas

Biographies & Memoirs

WALKER, Kenneth

Professionals & Academics

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

More than 2,500 years ago, an Indian prince achieved enlightenment and became the Buddha, "the Awakened One". However extraordinary he was, he was no divinity, but a self-perfected human being, one who brought a radical message to mankind. Walter Nelson shows why the Buddha and his teaching remain of vital importance to all who search beyond materialism for a goal in life, and for a way towards attaining that goal.In our modern world we are as drowned in ready answers as we are starved of real questions. Yet many recognise the horror of living mainly to work more, so as to earn more in order to spend more; it is to such people that this book is offered. Unlike academic books written for Buddhist scholars, Nelson's uniquely accessible and authoritative life of Buddha and his teaching is an essential, gripping and inspiring introduction for the general reader.Buddhism itself developed into many forms since Gautama Buddha died almost 500 years before the birth of the Christ. Since then, supernatural accretions have transformed a simple if profound story of one man's struggle into an elaborate if beautiful religious myth. Ancient legends, many included here, are meant to inspire devotion, but the modern reader of course does not need to accept them as literally true. This book recounts the thrilling story of a prince who renounced worldly luxury to find the way to self-perfection; in these pages, the light of the compassionate Buddha shines as brightly as ever. A helpful glossary, explaining foreign terms, as well as extensive bibliography are essential aids.

The Chishtis, a Living Light

Religion & Spirituality

Haeri, Muneera

Islam

Identity and Experience: The Constitution of the Human Being According to Early Buddhism

Hamilton, Sue

Buddhism

For a series of carefully selected words like Art, Conscience, Duty, Education, Understanding, the author of this revised edition provides quotations not only from G. I. Gurdjieff's own works, but also from the writings of Ouspensky, Orage, C. S. Knott, and Kenneth Walker among others. Quotations from students of Gurdjieff are all the more important as his own writings are sometimes difficult to understand. Included are appendices setting out the author's interpretation of some of Gurdjieff's fundamental ideas, such as the trogoautoegocratic process.

Quotations from G. I. Gurdjieff's Teaching: A Personal Companion

Thring, Mel

Social Sciences

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