[Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man

[jkirk]

I found it. One of the stories in Fariduddin Attar's Conference of the 
Birds.
It's the story of the Sheikh Sam'an. I got the story line a bit wrong, and 
it's long,
but I won't disclose what happened, best to read it. In the Penguin edition 
of 1984, translated by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis, it starts on p.71. 
Quite a tale.
Joanna
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From: "jkirk" <jkirk at spro.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:21 PM
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> Stan--I was sitting here thinking, Where did I find it,? when I posted it.
> Will look for it soon. Interestingly, as I recall, the woman was a 
> Christian
> to boot, so our suffering swain went all the way to Rome.
> J
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stanley J. Ziobro II" <ziobro at wfu.edu>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:42 PM
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>
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, jkirk wrote:
>>
>>> There's a similar story from the Sufi tradition of a Sufi sage falling 
>>> in
>>> love with a woman and following her to the ends of the earth,  pining 
>>> until
>>> half-dead from hunger and distraction, when he finally he gets the
>>> realization.
>>
>> Joanna, do you know where I might locate this story?
>>
>> Stan
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