From the premier interpreter of Rumi comes the first definitive one-volume collection of the enduringly popular spiritual poetry by the extraordinary thirteenth-century Sufi mystic.[...]
The author of The Essential Rumi offers fans of the great thirteenth-century Sufi mystical poet's work new translations of Rumi's best poems, including some that have never appeared in print before. Reprint.[...]
Presents a collection of poems from the highly regarded Sufi mystic celebrating the joy and wonder of love.[...]
My verse resembles the bread of Egypt - night passes over it, and you cannot eat it any more. Devour it the moment it is fresh, before the dust settles upon it. Its place is the warm climate of the heart; in this world it dies of cold. Like a fish it quivered for an instant on dry land, another mome[...]
'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men, So why insist they mend their rags again? God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they Are shown by God Himself a higher way.' Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focus[...]
'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.' Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thi[...]
'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath. Your life is like a purse, and night and day Are counters of gold coins you've put away' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided in[...]
A powerful interpretation of Rumi and his message of divine love and union. The Way of Passion, a penetrating antidote to today's spiritual crises, presents Rumi's magnificent visions of spiritual surrender and mystical union.[...]
Som ingen annan framför den persiske mystikern Rumi en himmelsk hyllning till vår jordiska existens, till livet och kärleken. Hans färgstarka poesi, sprungen ur 1200-talet, lyfter fram den allomfattande kärleken vars religion lika lite som förnuftets kan rymmas inom en enskild lära eller filo[...]
Som ingen annan framför den persiske mystikern Rumi en himmelsk hyllning till vår jordiska existens, till livet och kärleken. Hans färgstarka poesi, sprungen ur 1200-talet, lyfter fram den allomfattande kärleken vars religion lika lite som förnuftets kan rymmas inom en enskild lära [...]
Rumi's "Spiritual Verses" is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture and of all time. Rumi tells of our human separation from reality, love and truth. He shows how love - neither erotic nor sentimental but divine, by which the universe is held together - enlightens ignorance and dissolves suff[...]