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Jelaleddin, Rumi (1207-1273)
A Persian Sufi poet of
the thirteenth century AD, also known as Jelaluddin Balkhi, and considered by many the
greatest Oriental mystic.
Rumi teached the Sufi doctrine that the
chief end of man is so to emancipate himself from human thoughts and wishes, human needs
and the outward impressions of the senses, that he may become a mere mirror for the Deity.
So refined an essence does his mind become that it is as nearly as possible nothing; yet
while in this state it can, by a union with the Divine Essence, mysteriously became the
All. In his teachings he declared that names and words must not be taken for the things
they represent:
"Names thou mayst know ; go, seek
the truth they name
Search not the brook, but heaven, for the moon."
Rumi wrote many exquisit lyrics. His
greatest work was 'Mesnevi', or 'Mathnawο', a large collection of
double-rhymed verses containing ethical and moral precepts. He lived in Asia Minor at
Iconium, modern Konya (Arabic Rum — hence his name), but was born in Balkh.
He founded the Order of Dervishes, a Sufistic sect.
Related books:
In Praise of Rumi.
Light upon Light: Inspirations from Rumi.
Look! This Is
Love: Poems of Rumi (Shambhala Centaur Editions).
Mystical Poems of
Rumi, 2: Second Selection Poems 201-400.
Rumi: In the
Arms of the Beloved.
Rumi: One-Handed
Basket Weawing: Poems on the Theme of Work.
Rumi: We Are
Three: New Rumi Poems.
Rumi Speaks
Through Sufi Tales.
The Essential
Rumi.
Click
here for more related
books.
Further info:
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
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