Selected Publications by Mostafa Vaziri
BOOKS:
The Confluence of Wisdom Along the Silk Road. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, 2022.
Liberation Philosophy: From the Buddha to Omar Khayyam: Human Evolution from Myth-Making to Rational Thinking. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, 2019.
Rumi and Shams’ Silent Rebellion: Parallels with Vedanta, Buddhism and Shaivism. New York & London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Buddhism in Iran: An Anthropological Approach to Traces and Influences. New York & London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Iran as Imagined Nation: The Construction of National Identity, 2nd /revised edition with a new epilogue, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2013. (First edition New York: Paragon House, 1993.) (The Japanese translation of this book in Tokyo is underway.)
The Guru of Rumi: The Teachings of Shams Tabrizi. Varanasi: Pilgrims Book Publications, 2008.
The Wise Man of Herat: Ansari’s Dialogue with the Divine. Varanasi: Pilgrims Book Publications, 2008.
Quantum Poetry: Verses of Hafiz and Views on Interconnections. MEPO Nepal/Innsbruck: Dream & Reality Publications, 2001.
The Emergence of Islam: Prophecy, Imamate & Messianism in Perspective. New York: Paragon House, 1991.
Translation of Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen (Muso Kokushi) into Persian. (Translated into English by Thomas Cleary, Boston and London: Shambhala, 1994), forthcoming.
Selected Chapters & Articles
“Das Zeitverständnis im Sufismus,” Chronos – Kairos – Äon, alles eine Frage der Zeit? Paul Danler (Hrsg), Würzburg: Königshausen u. Neumann Verlag, 2019.
Foreword & chapter in “History of the House of Flowers: Ten Years of Hope and Healing,” Healing Afghanistan: Hope for the Children, edited by Judy Duchesne-Peckham, Boulder, Colorado: Silver Acorn Publications, Inc., 2013.
“Islamic Man and Society in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” co-authored with Manoucher Parvin in Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Samih Farsoun & Mehrdad Mashayekhi (eds), London: Routledge, 1992.
“Looking to Bhutan for Activating Mid-East Peace Talks,” Bhutan Observer, vol. 7, issue 38, Sept. 28 – Oct. 5, 2012.
“Dogma Islamico e Problema di Storiografia,” Synesis, (Milano, 2/ 1990).
“How Can We Love This One?” No War. Junko Edahiro (ed.) Tokyo: Sustainability for Peace, 2001 (trans. into Japanese)