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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 297.4 EAN: 9780873957243 ISBN: 0873957245 Label: State University of New York Press Manufacturer: State University of New York Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 433 Publication Date: 1983-09 Publisher: State University of New York Press Studio: State University of New York Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - A bright light of loveExcellent translation of and introduction to the works of Rumi regarding the end of all relgion, the ocean of unity, the wholeness of God and His creation, the source of Life itself, the meaning beyond form. Or to quote the words of Bohm a physicist: One of the most impressive theories emerging out of scientific cosmology respecting the ancient truth was set forth by the late physicist, David Bohm in his book, Wholeness and the Implicate Order. Using the language of mathematics, ... Read More Rating: - Pure Spiritual BeautyThis is by far the best book on my favorite spiritual poet. The poetry of Rumi is truly awe inspiring and the examination of his teachings by William C. Chittick is first rate. I can't even begin to guess the amount of time I've walked around with this book in my hand. You will want to read this over and over. It's a true spiritual classic and contains some translations of Rumi's poetry you wont find elsewhere. Rating: - A very well written translationApart from Nicholsons translation of the Mathnawi and the works of his students Iqbal (Life and works) and Arberry (who transltated the Fihi Ma Fihi as the 'Discorses of Rumi) All other so called 'translations' are pretty much worthless because 1. They are not translations at all but rather re-writes of Nicholson 2. They are just pandering to an ever growing market of supermarket spirituality. Chitticks translation however, is very different. For a start, Chittick is a scholar in Persian ... Read More Rating:  - Eastern Clarifier, Sufism not "dead" and not "phenomena"The reviewer below shows typical Western arrogance and ignorance. He/she obviously knows nothing about sufism and the political role it's played throughout history. It's always come in as a political tool to fight extremism as it is (slowly) doing today. I wish people who didn't know anything about a tradition that is not their own would refrain from speaking from a position of supposed knowledge. It's the problem with Western political arrogance and what causes bloodshed, both literal and metaphorical. ... Read More Rating: - Rumi, a great masterThis is a good book on explaining some of the poems of the great mystic Rumi. I somewhat disagree with the authors choice of title. many great sufis refrained calling themselves sufi, after the movement became popularized and took a different color. Sufi orders sprung up like mushroom and every group claimed to follow a great mystic figure, like Rumi. one often wonders if Rumi and his like would have approved of notions like "Sufi order" which seems like "feudaliztion" of the movement. Many great ... Read More 
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