Sacred Laughter of the Sufis: Awakening the Soul with the Mulla's Comic Teaching Stories and Other Islamic Wisdom

My second book by this author. Very thought provoking book. Already read it and will read it again. Thank you! Good shipping time and packing.

I am not a religious but I loved this little book. Full of great parables, stories, proverbs and some smart witty stories of Mullah.If you been reading western books for a while I highly recommend you read this book, it will give you a different perspective on how to look at things.One of my favorite lines from this book was:We have learned from history that we learn nothing from history!

I chose a 5-star rating because it is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It was compelling and it sucked me in. I laughed, I teared up, and I felt great humility. I have much love for the Sufi path and it has given me many reference points onto which I can continue my journey. God bless Imam Jamal Raman for this book and God bless God for it too.

This is a great book with a great layout, but the paper is too thin... highlighting bleeds through, as do pens. Better paper would have made a big difference.

A real book-antidepressant regardless of your religion, faith and beliefs. A great book to go through challenging times that gives you powers to move on and shows you the way.

...but don't worry if he's riding his donkey backwards - that's pert of his master plan to help you!Written by the Muslim member of the Interfaith Amigos ( http://interfaithamigos.com/Home.html ), this wonderful book starts with a great number of the stories of Mullah Nasruddin, the wise fool, and each one leads to an exercise or meditation that leads to enlightenment in a gentle fashion.Highly recommended!

This book is both heart centered, belly centered and educational for the soul. I had some difficult circumstances come up and I happened to have this book with me and everytime there was something in the book that actually directly helped me in my situation. And, I was dying laughing while in the middle of it. I'm grateful for Jamal's book. Very very grateful.

It is an excellent book. Islam has been getting some really bad views. It is the people and definitely not the religion. This book makes Islam looks like the great religion it is like all other religion, it teaches one to be kind, good and forgiving.

I highly recommend reading this book. So eloquently written with many examples from the Quran and stories that will make you laugh at loud. One of my favorite books.

What an Excellent Book! It would bring you in a Spiritual and real world of inner joy, happiness and mental peace. It will also let you know what does actual happiness and Sorrow mean. Love is the ultimate outcome of all spiritual traditions and Sufism is an epitome of Love. The Book is one of the precious jewels in my personal Library. I am blessed to read Imam Jamal Rahman Sahib again after his another Book, Spiritual Gems of Islam. Thanks AMAZON.

Is there a more perfect match than humour and wittiness married with life wisdom? Served in perfectly short doses—the stories are 1-2 pages each—this collection is the modern manic man's go-to source of insights about living a life of kindness and purpose. Regardless of what brand of divinity or source you root for and believe in—and even if you believe in nothing but yourself or your soccer team—'Sacred Laughter of the Sufis' is a story book to have and to hold. Enjoy a paragraph or two with your morning coffee, or make those the last words you read before going to sleep, with a smile.

very interesting, witty. Its puts the "light" in "enlightenment"

It is well exceeding my expectations...this is the book which can be given as a gift to Muslims and non Muslims alike...beautiful Islam in plain simple English.Exercises at the end of each chapter is very useful to get thinking and practicing