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This fresh prose translation of 105 short teaching stories by Rumi, which form the core of the six-volume Masnavi, explores the hidden spiritual aspects of everyday experience. Rumi transforms the seemingly mundane events of daily life into profound Sufi teaching moments. These prose gems open the mystical portal to the world of the ancient mystic.

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of listeners, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi more popular than ever.

This book is a collection of Gibran's words on how to live. Here are his thoughts on what it means to live in community and solitude and what gives life meaning, along with his often prescient views on government, organized religion, wealth, and commerce. Gibran's sensibility feels contemporary. He did not recognize any ultimate authority outside of the human soul: "It were wiser to speak less of God, whom we cannot understand and more of each other, whom we may understand."

Sufism, also called “Islamic Mysticism” is a belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God. Osho has spoken in a number of series on this beautiful tradition - which he compares with other spiritual and religious traditions - elaborating the underlying essence to an international audience. Osho brings the listener in contact with Sufism through his experiential sharing.

Divine Names is a unique contribution to understanding life and oneself on a deeper level: by learning to open to the Divine. It draws on original Arabic literature and on the author's many years of personal practice, teaching, and guiding others on their spiritual paths to healing, to becoming whole. It focuses on the use of the Divine Names in dhikr, individual meditations and healing practices.

In the 20th century, Thomas Merton, one of Christianity's great mystics, encountered the ancient Eastern mystical tradition known as Sufism. The result was an outpouring of mystical insight and spiritual wisdom.

In The Sufi Path of Love, teacher and author Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee shares the secrets of this transformation, a "turning of the heart" that awakens the soul's innermost love affair. Weaving together dreamwork; the teachings of his own Naqshbandi order; the archetypal psychology of C. G. Jung; and more than 1,100 years of Sufi wisdom, poetry, and teaching stories, Vaughan-Lee takes us into the wonder of this spiraling inward journey.

The Sufis, mystics of Islam, have been educators of the heart for some fourteen centuries. Their teachings and methods are designed to help us awaken and purify the heart, to learn to listen to our deepest knowing. In The Knowing Heart, Kabir Helminski presents the Sufi way as a practical spirituality suitable for all cultures and times—and offers insights that are especially valuable for our life in today's world. In cultivating a knowing heart, we learn to experience a new sense of self, transform our relationships, and enhance our creative capacities.

Bestselling scholar Jonathan A. C. Brown examines Islamic scripture, law, Sufism, and history to comprehensively interrogate this claim and determine how and why it emerged. Locating its origins in conservative politics, modern Afrocentrism, and the old trope of Barbary enslavement, he explains how antiblackness arose in the Islamic world and became entangled with normative tradition.

From Madonna to Deepak Chopra, celebrities have been recording and embracing Rumi's poetry for the past two decades, creating a resurgence of interest in this 13th century Sufi mystic. This beautiful collection of 196 of his poems, previously unavailable in English and now translated by native Persian speakers Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, will appeal to Rumi lovers everywhere who want a guidebook for their inner journey.

In this remarkable dialogue between Hidayat Inayat-Khan and Deepak Chopra, M.D., the wisdom of the Sufis is appraised. Hidayat defines the word Sufi as "wisdom and purity." He explains that "any person whose heart is attuned to the Divine presence is a Sufi, because Sufism means purifying...

The co-editors of Gnosis magazine explore the many esoteric traditions that Western culture has to offer. While terms from Eastern spiritual practices such as Zen, mantra, and karma have become part of our daily lexicon, the traditions of Western spirituality have been largely unexplored by people searching for non-mainstream routes to spiritual experience. But for those who identify with Western culture, Western religious traditions have their own wisdom teachings that are more suitable to their needs and expectations.

يتجاوز التصوف كونه مجرد مذهب، كما يشير إليه البعض، فتلك إشارة مختزلة، فالتصوف فطرة إنسانية توجد في التراث الإنساني عبر التاريخ، فهو رؤية معرفية تنزع إلى ملامسة الحقائق العميقة في الكون، فالمتصوف ينظر إلى الكون بعين القلب؛ لذلك يرتبط التصوف أشد الارتباط بالأدب والفن، وتركز هذه الرؤية المعرفية على المعاني الذاتية والباطنية للأشياء وتتعالى على قواعد الإدراك الحسي والاستدلال الاستقرائي، وهذا الكتاب يهبط بنا إلى منحنى أكثر خصوصية إذ يناقش الخبرة الحضارية الإسلامية في هذه الرؤية ويستعرضها بحس نقدي بارع.

Little is known of Norton F. Hazeldine, whose version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was published in 1908. It is not stated whether this was an actual translation, although it appears to be an extensive reworking of the fourth or fifth edition of the translation by Edward Fitzgerald.

Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time. Rumi examines our human separation from reality, love, and truth. He shows how love - neither erotic nor sentimental but divine, by which the universe is held together - enlightens ignorance and dissolves suffering. The first book of the Masnavi is the key to the whole work: It takes off from simple, amusing tales into realms unimaginable, but wholly familiar to the human heart.

كتاب في التصوف يشرح كيفية التوكل التام على الله وترك التدبير الدنيوي، موضحاً أن الوصول إلى الله يتطلب الاستسلام التام لله وترك منازعة المقادير. يستدل الكاتب بآيات من القرآن والأحاديث وأقوال الأئمة لدعم حججه، مؤكداً أن التدبير المذموم هو الذي يكون فيه حظ النفس هو الغاية، بينما التدبير المحمود هو ما يقرب إلى الله.

The Rumi Collection presents an essential anthology of the works of the thirteenth-century Sufi poet and philosopher Jalâluddin Rumi. Known for his deeply mystical and spiritual writings, Rumi’s words have been carefully selected and arranged by acclaimed Sufi teacher Kabir Helminski to offer a comprehensive introduction to the poet’s life and thought. With contributions from numerous leading translators—The Rumi Collection provides an indispensable resource for all to explore the richness of Islamic mysticism and Rumi’s monumental contribution to the language of spirituality.

Along the centuries numerous interpretations and definitions of Sufism have waxed and waned but the undeniable beauty of their verse in its myriad of forms including the musical Ghazal (love song), Masnavi (narrative) and Rubai (quatrain) always remains. Our chronological volume of the classic Sufi poets helps us understand the spiritual direction of Sufism, starting with Rabia in the 8th century through to Khwaja Ghulam Farid over a thousand years later.

إن أولى النهى أجمعوا على أن الحضارة الحديثة تربط الإنسان بالأرض وتقطعه عن السماء، وتعلق قلبه بمآرب الدنيا وتذهله عن مطالب الآخرة وتعمل على سوق البشر بعيداً عن الله: ونحن المسلمين أغنى الناس بمواد البناء فى هذا المجال، وفى تراثنا ما يكفى ويشفى إذا أحسنا الإدراك والإفادة، وفى هذا الكتاب إحياء لجانب مهم من مواريثنا العلمية الثمينة، تتجهم له الحياة المعاصرة، ولكنها سوف تحرم بركات الأرض الأرض والسماء إذا خاصمته ومضت إلى غايتها الأرضية بعيدة عنه (ألا وهو التصوف أو الجانب العاطفى من الإسلام).

Ce livre audio est extrait du livre de Jacqueline Chambron, Lilian Silburn, une vie mystique, paru aux éditions Almora. Il relate les quinze années les plus importantes de la vie de Lilian Silburn, celles qui s'écoulent depuis sa rencontre avec son maître en Inde en 1950 jusqu'à la mort de ce dernier. Son maître, Radha Mohan Lal Adhauliya, appartenait à une lignée soufi naqshbandi. Lilian cherchait obstinément une voie sans moyen : "Je suis paresseuse", disait-elle avec humour, "et je ne veux rien faire".