Teaching Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years: Tales of the Dervishes

Tales of the DervishesPrefaceThe Three FishesThe Food of ParadiseWhen the Waters Were ChangedThe Tale of the SandsThe Blind Ones and the Matter of the ElephantThe Dog, the Stick and the SufiHow to Catch MonkeysThe Ancient Coffer of Nuri BeyThe Three TruthsThe Sultan Who Became an ExileThe Story of FireThe Ogre and the SufiThe Merchant and the Christian DervishThe Golden FortuneThe Candlestick of IronStrike on this SpotWhy the Clay Birds Flew AwayThe Gnat Namouss – and the ElephantThe Idiot, the Wise Man, and the JugThe Wayward PrincessThe BequestThe OathThe Idiot in the Great CityThe Founding of a TraditionFatima the Spinner and the TentThe Gates of ParadiseThe Man Who Was Aware of DeathThe Man Who Was Easily AngeredThe Dog and the DonkeyCarrying ShoesThe Man Who Walked on WaterThe Ant and the DragonflyThe Story of TeaThe King Who Decided to Be GenerousThe Cure of Human BloodThe DamThe Three DervishesThe Four Magic TreasuresThe Dreams and the Loaf of BreadBread and JewelsThe Limitations of DogmaThe Fisherman and the GenieThe Time, the Place and the PeopleThe Parable of the Three DomainsValuable – and WorthlessThe Bird and the EggThree Pieces of AdviceThe Mountain PathThe Snake and the PeacockThe Water of ParadiseThe Horseman and the SnakeIsa and the DoubtersIn the Street of the Perfume-SellersThe Parable of the Greedy SonsThe Nature of DiscipleshipThe Initiation of Malik DinarThe Idiot and the Browsing CamelThe Three Jewelled RingsThe Man with the Inexplicable LifeThe Man Whose Time Was WrongMaruf the CobblerWisdom for SaleThe King and the Poor BoyThe Three Teachers and the MuleteersBayazid and the Selfish ManThe People Who AttainWayfarer, Strangeness and SavetimeTimur Agha and the Speech of AnimalsThe Indian BirdWhen Death Came to BaghdadThe Grammarian and the DervishThe Dervish and the PrincessThe Increasing of NecessityThe Man Who Looked Only at the ObviousHow Knowledge Was EarnedThe Lamp ShopThe ChariotThe Lame Man and the Blind ManThe Servants and the HouseThe Generous ManThe Host and the GuestsThe King's SonAppendix: Authors and teachers, in chronological order