Eastern Proverbs & Emblems: Illustrating Old Truths

The literary jewels amassed between these covers have been sourced from materials scattered over more than 1000 volumes, and presents great spiritual insights by means of emblems and illustrations drawn from the depths of the popular mind. The literary jewels amassed between these covers have been sourced from materials scattered over more than 1000 volumes. This book of quotations presents great spiritual insights by means of emblems and illustrations drawn from the depths of the popular mind. The proverbs selected here have been especially picked for the illustrations they contain. They show how widely scattered nations under similar circumstances have come to similar conclusions. After all proverbs came before there were books-they came from the great books of Nature, common sense and powers of observation. Although they have been drawn from a plethora of Eastern regions, covering languages as rich and varied as Chinese, Urdu, Afghan, Telegu, Russian, Hebrew, Bengali, Greek, Sanskrit and even Galic, yet they speak a language understood by all. Buddhist preachers, Biblical writings and Sufi teachers alike hoist the flag of Emblems, Parables and Proverbs. This handy and precious book is designed to especially assist students, orientalists, lovers of folklore, teachers et al.