The Essential Rumi
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Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.
The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry. less
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Adam Robinson [The author]’s gotten me in touch with the mystical, and the mysterious, and the magical in life. (Source)
Adam Robinson [The author]’s gotten me in touch with the mystical, and the mysterious, and the magical in life. (Source)
Zainab Salbi In the evolution of my journey I learned that the way that we can transform women’s lives and our lives generally is not necessarily only through the warrior’s ways. I do not deny the warrior’s ways. I have ridden the horse and carried the armour! But as I evolve in my own growth I have learnt that the way we can truly achieve transformation and change is through our own inner peace. It is through seeing our inner joy and inner happiness and through love. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Essential Rumi is ranked in the following categories:
- #63 in Enlightenment
- #14 in Islam
- #8 in Islamic History
- #25 in Mystical
- #6 in Mysticism
- #13 in Poetry
- #6 in Riddle
- #28 in Spirit
- #33 in Spiritual
- #32 in Spirituality
- #87 in Wisdom
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