Nasrudin went every day to ask begging in the market and people liked to tease Nasrudin with the following trick: it showed two coins, one being worth ten times more than the other. Nasrudin grace was always chose the lowest value.
The story became known throughout the county. Day after day, groups of men and women showed him the two coins, and Nasrudin always stayed with the lowest value.
Then came a man generous, tired of seeing Nasrudin being ridiculed like that. He called a corner of the square and said - Whenever you're offered two currencies, choose the highest value. - so you have more money and will not be considered an idiot by others. - You seem to be right - said Nasrudin. - But if I choose the currency higher, people will stop offering me money to prove I am more stupid than them. You can not imagine the amount of money already won using this trick.
Nasruddin was unemployed and asked some friends what profession could pursue. They said: - Well, Nasrudin, you are very capable and know a lot about the medicinal properties of herbs. - Could open a pharmacy.
He went home, thought about it and said - Yes, it's a good idea, I think I can be a pharmacist.
course Mulla was going through one of those moments when I wanted to be very prominent and very important. It said - I will not only open a herbalist or a pharmacy that deals with herbs. - I will open something huge and make a significant impact. bought a tent, installed shelves and cabinets, and when it came time to paint the exterior put a scaffold, covered him with sheets and worked behind him.
not let you see anyone what name you would bring to the pharmacy, or how he was painting the outside. After several days, distributed leaflets that read: "The grand opening is tomorrow at nine." Everyone in the village and surrounding villages came and stood waiting in front of the new store.
At nine o'clock came Mulla, theatrical gesture and removed the sheet covering the storefront, and there was a huge sign that read "cosmic Pharmacy and galactic Nasrudin " and below, with smaller letters " Harmonized with planetary influences. "
Many people were very impressed, and he did very good business that day.
In the afternoon, the local school teacher was and said - Frankly, Mulla, those statements you make are a bit dodgy. -
No, no, - said Mulla - All statements I make about planetary influences are absolutely true.
- When the sun rises, I open the pharmacy .. - .. and when the sun goes down, close it.
One morning Nasrudin an egg wrapped in a handkerchief, went to the middle of the square of his city and called on passers-by
. - Today we have an important contest! - Said - who discover what is involved in this tissue, you will receive a gift that is inside the egg!
They looked, puzzled, and said - How can we know what you have inside the handkerchief? None of us is a fortune teller!
Nasrudin insisted: - What's in this tissue has a center that is yellow as a yolk surrounded by a liquid the color of the clear, which in turn is contained within a shell that breaks easily . It is a symbol of fertility, and reminds us of the birds flying to their nests. So who can tell me what is hidden?
All residents felt that Nasrudin was holding an egg, but the answer was so obvious that nobody wanted to embarrass in front of others.
They asked themselves: What if there was an egg, but a very important product imaginacón fertile mysticism of the Sufis?
A yellow center could mean something about the sun, the liquid around it might be a preparation of alchemy.
No, that was crazy wanting someone haciera ridiculous. The story relates that Nasrudin asked twice and no one ventured to say something inappropriate. Then he opened the handkerchief and showed everyone the egg. - All of you you knew the answer - he said - and no one dared to translate it into words.
This is the life of those who do not have the courage to take risks: the solutions are given to us generously by God but these people are always looking for more complicated explanations, and end up doing nothing.
When Nasrudin had a dry cleaning service, a customer came said
- this could dye my dress?
- What color do you want?
- Ah, nothing complicated, but that is neither red nor green, or white, or black, or yellow, or lilac. Well, I understand, I would not know any color, but otherwise, nothing special. "I can do?
- Sure you can, man! Moves to pick when you want, but which is neither a Monday night or Tuesday, not Wednesday, or Thursday and at least Friday. Ah! And on Saturday and Sunday is closed. Beyond that, you know, if you want.
Nasreddin, or Mulla is a mythical character in the stories Sufis.
is a kind of anti-hero of Islam and popular Sufi tradition.
Their stories serve to illustrate or introduce Sufi teachings, it is lived in the Anatolian Peninsula at a time point during the XIII and XV centuries. Nasr-ed-Din means "Victory of Faith" and Hodja, "the teacher" or "Professor." Also known as "The teacher Nasreddin" (Nasreddin Hodja) and Mulla Nasrudin. Mulla Mulla is a (teacher) who stars in a long series of stories, adventures, stories, anecdotes, representing different roles: farmer, father, judge, businessman, scholar, teacher or fool
. Each of these thought-provoking short stories who reads or hears, as a fable, and also tend to be humorous, with the simple humor of everyday life, sometimes with apparent contradictions and absurdities.
His teachings, which have been and are used by teachers Sufism, ranging from scientific explanation of natural phenomena, in a more easily understandable to the illustration of moral issues. the wise and absurd logic of Nasrudin tales is one of the most ingenious methods that have the Sufis to break habitual ways of thinking, penetrating well in a world free of prejudice. Nasrudin
Don Quixote is considered a Muslim because they used to be sane in his insanity and covers the entire Middle Eastern popular wit a simplified transmitting the teachings of Sufism.
typically conduct a caustic and scathing criticism inappropriate behaviors of Islam, represented in many stories by imams, judges and ombudsmen of religion, values \u200b\u200brepresenting himself a Sufi religious.
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