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| Taking Flight. by De Mello, Anthony. New York, NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1988. | Over 250 story meditations from a variety of countries and cultures, inviting the reader to take flight on a journey towards essential Truth. Stories are grouped under the themes of prayer, awareness, religion, grace, the "saints", the self, love and truth. |
| Tales. by Khan, Hazrat Inayat. New Lebanon, NY: Omega Publications. 1980. | The first section of Tales is drawn from dervish parables, fables, legends of ancient gods, kings and heroes stories of prophets, sinners and saints. The second section contains experiences and anecdotes of Inayat Khan's own life and travels. "There was in India a man called Rama Muti. He could lift elephants and stop motorcars running at full speed. When this man, who was not extraordinary in build, was asked where he got this gigantic strength, he said, "you know, and yet you do not know. The secret lies in the breath, which is all power." |
| Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna. by Ramakrishna, Sri. Chennai, India: Chennai: Sri Ramakrishna Math. 1943. | A collection of the parables of Sri Ramakrishna. These are drawn from everyday life of the people around him. Some are based on Puranic stories. Their genius lies in their conveying profound spiritual truths in a lucid and often humorous way. They bear witness to the Master's consummate wit and keenness of observation. |
| Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Unknown. Dawood, NJ: trans. London, Great Britain: Penguin Books. | Originating from India, Persia and Arabia, the Tales from the Thousand and One Nights represent the lively expression of a lay and secular imagination in revolt against religious austerity and zeal in Oriental literature. They depict a fabulous and fanciful world of jinns and sorcerers, but their bawdiness, realism and variety of subject matter also firmly anchor them to everyday life. In this volume the translator has caught the freshness and spontaneity of the stories-which, although imaginative and extravagant, are a faithful mirror of medieval Islam. |
| Tales from the Kathasaritsagara. by Somadeva. Sattar, Arshia, trans. London, Great Britain: Penguin Books. 1994. | The Kathasaritsagara is said to have been compiled by a Kashmiri Shaivite brahmin called Somadeva around AD 1070 for the queen of that time. The narrative of the stories deals with the adventures of Naravahanadatta and yet unlike other classics of this time it offers no moral conclusions and is a refreshing celebration of earthly life (enter promiscuous married women, clever courtesans, imbecile Brahmins and incompetent kings!) - all on the protagonist's journey towards his coronation as king of the sky-dwellers with magical powers. |
| Tales from the Land of the Sufis. by Bayat, Mojdeh and Jamnia, Mohammad Ali. Boston & London. Shambhala. 1994. | "I have been hungry for this book, these wonderful stories of Hallaj, Attar, Rumi! Bayat and Jamnia done a wonderful job." (Coleman Barks, author of Open Secrets: Versions of Rumi) "These lovely stories, culled from Persian sources, will certainly open a way for Western readers into the wide and colorful world of Sufism." (Annemarie Chimmel, author of Mystical Dimensions of Islam) Take a magic carpet ride into the delightful world of Sufi storytelling with this best-loved tales from Persian literature and lore, in which images of madness, passionate love, and self-sacrifice convey the inner experiences of the soul that has surrendered to the Divine Beloved. The tales are retold from the celebrates works of poets who were also spiritual masters, including Rumi, Attar, Nizami, and Jami, as well as anecdotes about famous masters themselves. |
| Tales of a Magic Monastery. by Theophane, The Monk. New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company. 1981. | Father Theophane seeks to put us in touch with some of the unfathomable mysteries of life through these simple tales of monks at the magic monastery - delightful illustrations accompany these tales worth fathoming. |
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Tales of the Hasidim. by Buber, Martin. New York: Schoken. 1991. |
This new paperback edition brings together volumes one and two of Buber's classic work Tales of the Hasidim, with a new foreword by Chaim Potok. Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidism. "Nowhere in the last centuries," wrote Buber in Hasidism and Modern Man, "has the soul-force of Judaism so manifested itself as in Hasidism… Without an iota being altered in the law, in the ritual, in the traditional life-norms, the long-accustomed arose in a fresh light and meaning." These marvelous tales-terse, vigorous, often cryptic-are the true texts of Hasidism. The Hasidic masters, of whom these tales are told, are full-bodied personalities, yet their lives seem almost symbolic. Through them is expressed the intensity and holy joy whereby God becomes visible in everything. |
| Tales of Hoffmann. by Hoffmann, E.T.A. Hollingdale, R.J., trans. New York, NY: Penguin Books Inc. 1982. | A lawyer by day and creator of a world of fantasy by night, Hoffman lived a Jekyll and Hyde existence. Many of the characters in his stories are subject to a similar split personality. The duality of his nature is frequently reflected in some of his characters-Cardillac the goldsmith in Mademoiselle de Scudery and Nathaniel in The Sandman, for example. Cardillac is a virtuous, industrious man by day but a violent criminal at night, while Nathaniel, obsessed by a childhood fantasy, is driven to madness and cruelty. The tales can be read on several levels: as an expression of the concerns of the Romantic era, as impressive examples of German Romantic literature and as exciting works of fiction made all the more extraordinary by their concern with the supernatural and the bizarre. This volume contains Hoffman's best and most popular works, including Mademoiselle de Scudery, which is generally thought to be his masterpiece. |
| Tales of Wisdom and Wonder. by Lupton, Hugh. Bristol, Great Britain: Barefoot Books Ltd. 1998. | Nothing is quite as it seems in this book; so prepare yourself to be astonished, intrigued and enchanted as you follow the magical transformations that occur among these pages. You will meet remarkable animals as well as extraordinary people. These tales have all of the color and vigor of the countries and cultures they represent. At the same time, they each remind us in different ways of how vast and mysterious our world is, and how our lives can be transformed in the most unexpected circumstances. |
| Tell Me a Story. Compilation. Three volumes. Bombay, India: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust. 1993. | These are a compilation of stories which parents can share with their children. They are not originals ones--they are all adaptations made by two Brahmacharinies, Sharda and Bharathi, and two stories are done by a Swami, who chooses to remain incognito. There are enough indications, artistically left here and there in the stories, which parents can discuss with their children, and they will also have enough thrills in them. |
| Till Eulenspiegel: His Adverntures. Oppenheimer, Paul. ed. & trans. New York, NY: Routledge. 2001. | This is a collection of 95 loosely related fable-like vignettes depicting the life and times of the famous roving jester. This trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompous, the rich, the smug, the petty, and anyone else who obstructs his merry path. This is the only English translation of the complete edition of 1515. Paul Oppenheimer's substantial introduction establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in the late Medieval and early Renaissance literature, and considers the controversial question of the tales' authorship. This edition also includes the entire of 87 sixteenth-century woodcuts that may have been done by Albrecht Durer. |
| Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom: A Collection of 10,000 Powerful Quotations for Transforming Your Life. by Zubko, Andy. San Diego, CA: Blue Dove Press. 1996. | In this handy reference volume you will find inspiring thoughts of philosophers, the compassionate words of saints, the vision of shamans, the insights of the enlightened, the teachings of the prophets, as well as the cutting insights of well-known and not-so-well-known people from many walks of life. What makes this book so remarkable is the consistent clarity, power and insight of the selections, designed to give you just the right take on the problems you are facing right now. You'll find yourself turning to it again and again. |
| Tupã Tenondé. by Jecupe, Kaka Wera. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Editora Fundação Peirópolis Ltda. | In Portuguese. Tales from the Amazon on the creation of the universe, the earth and man according to the Guarani oral tradition. |
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