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سمیناری در مورد پرندگان - منطق الطیر عطار
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| 2012-11-23 - 2012-11-23 |
8:00pm |
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Poor John's Cafeو 1610 Queen Street West (Queen and Roncesvailles)
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اطلاعات بیشتر
Stories from Conference of the Birds (Manteq o Tayr) of
Farid ad Din Attar
Friday, November 23, 2012 at 8PM
Poor John's Cafe
1610 Queen Street West (Queen and Roncesvailles)
(647) 435-2688
www.poorjohnscafe.com
PWYC (5$)
Last June I had the immense privilege of performing a few stories from the great spiritual allegory Conference of the Birds (Manteq o Tayr) of the 12th century Sufi poet, Farid ad Din Attar, with the successful Persian classical/traditional Sarv Ensemble ( see Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarv-Ensemble/123535784346978?fref=ts) .
On Friday November 23, 2012, I would like to invite you to a telling, without music, of some of these same stories and a few more from the Conference, this time in a more intimate setting. Poor John's Cafe is a friendly, independent cafe in the vibrant artists' neighborhood of Queen and Roncesvailles. I would be delighted if you would come and join me in this inviting space, to share stories, for the first time or once again,about this extraordinary group of birds who search for their own truths as they embark on a journey to China to visit Simorgh, King of the Birds.
For more information about Attar and the Conference of the Birds, please see below:
Farid ad Din Attar (1145-1146 - c. 1221) is the foremost poet, philosopher and hagiographer in the Sufi tradition. He lived most of his life in Nishapur, the city of Omar Khayyam. Rumi, the great mystic and poet, considered Attar his spiritual mentor. "Attar had traveled through all the seven cities of love," Rumi once said "while I have only have remained in the first, wandering through its alleys."
Much of Attar's fame in both the East and West rests on his long narrative poems (masnavi) often referred to as Sufi epics. Among these, the most well-known is Manteq o Tayr or The Conference of the Birds. For centuries it has been the inspiration of countless poets and artists from Anatolia to South Asia. In the West, the Conference of the Birds has been translated numerous times, as well as being adapted into a play and an opera. An allegory of the spiritual quest, Manteq o Tayr, is the story of the hoopoe bird who tries to persuade the other birds to join him on a journey to China, to the end of the world, to seek Simorgh, the King of the Birds in ancient Persian mythology. This narrative as well as the numerous stories weaved within it; invite the listener on a challenging journey towards unanticipated paths of self-discovery. According to one tradition, a continued re- reading of Manteq o Tayr throughout a lifetime can prevent all kinds of physical and spiritual illness.
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