Reprint of the 1961 classic study of the discourses of the founder of the order of Whirling Dervishes.
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Fihi ma fihi as it's called,
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This review is from: Discourses of Rumi (Paperback)
I have previously read Rumi's poetry which I have found to have been hard to comprehend due to translation mistakes and cultural differences. This book is like a Sufi version of say Confucius' Analects(discourses with pupils). Here Rumi and friends, and disciples converse on everything from mundane everyday matters to the esoteric, and connect them together into a whole. This gives a more practical and down to earth approach into this Sufi's teachings. This is perhaps the best work available from Rumi. His poetry is good and deep, but this is more accessable and therefore more enlightening. After reading this you will know why Rumi is concidered a Sufi master. Strange that this book isn't more widely available....Theres thankfully a free E-book version of this outhere somewhere. Get that till this is reissued.
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Speaking of silence,
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This review is from: Discourses of Rumi (Paperback)
"What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence" said Wittgenstein at the end of his Tractatus Logico Philosophicus. The breadth and scope of 'Discourses of Rumi', dictated during the closing years of Rumi's life, has not only anticipated but answered this most profound philosophical question. Silence does not equal being mute: to Rumi, and perhaps Wittgenstein silence is a journey into a world untouched by 'vulgar' words. It is a world beyond understanding. It is the world of 'knowing'.
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A book full of unrestrained exuberant ideas,
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This review is from: Discourses of Rumi (Paperback)
One of the most exuberant books. This book will give you a most valuable insight into the ideas of Rumi, one of the worlds most famous Persian poets, in a way that is neither holier then thou, nor disconnencted from you. I felt the power of his ideas gushing inside me as I read this book. A must read for anyone remotedly interested in improving their way of life. It consists of anecdotes and so can be easily read by everyone.
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The discourses of Jall al-Dn Rm, Muslim saint, mystic and poet of the thirteenth century, here translated for the first time out of the original Persian, must be allowed to rank amongst the most remarkable documents of religious literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
God's Light, Messenger of God, Water of Life, Abu Jahl, Abu Yazid, Sultan Valad, Holy Mosque, The Christian New!
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The discourses of Jall al-Dn Rm, Muslim saint, mystic and poet of the thirteenth century, here translated for the first time out of the original Persian, must be allowed to rank amongst the most remarkable documents of religious literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
God's Light, Messenger of God, Water of Life, Abu Jahl, Abu Yazid, Sultan Valad, Holy Mosque, The Christian New!
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- And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety (Studies in Religion) by Annemarie Schimmel on 7 pages
- A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry by Annemarie Schimmel on 4 pages
- Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition by Shaykh M. Hisham Kabbani in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish by Neil Douglas-Klotz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Annemarie Schimmel on page 316, and Back Matter
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