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| Early English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum, the. Unknown. Herrtage, Sidney J. H., editor. London, Great Britain: Oxford University Press. 1879. | Author unknown and dating around the early 14th Century, the Gesta Romanorum is a collection of fables aimed to entertain the preachers or monastic societies of its day. Its great popularity with monks is said, "not so much for the sake of illustrating their discourses, or of making a lasting impression on the minds of their illiterate hearers"(!)…but it was realized that a "well-told story would arouse attention where logical arguments or abstract reasoning would fail to produce the slightest effect." |
| Enlightening Tales. by Satchidananda, Sri Swami, ed. Buckingham VA: Integral Yoga Publications. 1996. | A storybook for everyone with beautiful color illustrations in the Indian style. These simple, practical stories, both entertaining and instructive have been related by Sri Swami Satchidananda who is well known for his deep spiritual insight as well as his sense of humor. |
| Espejo del Lider, El. by Fischman, David. | In Spanish. |
| Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, Vol. 1&2, the. by Shah, Idries, ed. London, England: The Octagon Press. Ltd. 1993. | The Sufis, who believe that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge, use these stories almost like exercises. They ask people to choose a few which especially appeal to them, and to turn them over in the mind, making them their own. Teaching masters of the dervishes say that in this way a breakthrough into a higher wisdom can be effected. But the Sufis concur with those who are not following a mystic way that everyone can do with the Nasrudin tales what people have done through the centuries - enjoy them. |
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