The Illustrated Rumi

The Illustrated Rumi
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9780060620189
ISBN-13 : 0060620188
Rating : 4/5 (188 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Illustrated Rumi by : Philip Dunn

Download or read book The Illustrated Rumi written by Philip Dunn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling poet in America today, thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Jalalu'ddin Rumi has inspired and enlightened thousands with his playful, passionate work celebrating the sacred in everyday life. Now the spiritual wealth of Rumi's stories and poetry in translation are accompanied by rare and wonderful art in the Sufi tradition. This fresh rendering brings new life to these incomparable parables, which have transcended time, place, culture, and religion to speak directly to the hearts and souls of contemporary readers. With a foreword by Huston Smith, these selections of the inimitable mystic's prose and poetry have been taken from all of the master's works. Each parable, such as The King and the Handmaiden, The Grocer and the Parrot, The Ugly Old Woman, and The Man Who Was Always Being Swindled, is related as Rumi might have presented it to his fascinated audiences, as he whirled in meditation and trance. But each story also has a spiritual message, a holy essence that applies across all faiths, uttered from the heart of Islam. Each of these messages is provided here in a modern rendering that keeps the flavor of this unique period of history, of culture, and of inspired, passionate beauty.


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