The Best of Rumi

Purpose of the site

The purpose of this website is to identify links for people interested in Rumi. We hope you will enjoy them as much as we do.

Introduction

We have established this web site to assist the many people who enjoy Rumi to sort through the huge maze of information about Rumi and Sufism. We have attempted to break down the many categories into a workable format of links.

Poetry

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A Community of the Spirit

Rumi - this site has information on Rumi, Rumi books, Rumi works, Rumi poetry, a daily poem, a daily quote, info on a mailing list, on Sufism, and more.

Masnavi - a website maintained by Ibrahim Gamard, who has translated this work from the original Persian, and made his translations available online, and also in book format. He is a member of the Mevlevi Order (which Rumi began) and is a licensed psychologist.

The Masnavi of Rumi from the Sacred Texts website, maintained by John B. Hare.

Sufism

Definition

What Sufism Is - an excerpt from Living Presence, by Kabir Edmund Helminski

History of Sufism

Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi - website maintained by Rumi's descendants

Threshold Society - affiliated with the Mevlevi Order. See the site map for info on Sufism.

Art and Rumi

Michael Green has created an Illuminated Rumi gallery of artwork and posted it on his website.

Feridun Özgören - The Art of Ebrû - the Sacred Art link from the Threshold Society website.

Mysticism

Mysticism in World Religions by Deb Platt. This site is a compilation of information about mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddism, and Taoism. For information about Rumi, see Jalaluddin Rumi.

Website assembled by Chris and Ed - July 2004.