“Mevlana is a Prophet!” Article/Interview with Nevit Ergin
http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/top104,146@2100.html
We are working on translating the article, Aktüel… Continue reading
Listen to a Lecture By Dr. Ergin on Sufism and Mevlana
This lecture was given by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin at the International Association of Sufism Symposium on “Sufism and Self Discovery”.
Entitled: Way of Itlak and Sufism
Dr. Ergin, originally a citizen of Turkey, has traveled extensively in Central Asia, and the near and far east. He currently lives in California, working with the Society for Understanding Mevlana. He is the translator of numerous books on the writings of… Continue reading
What is this anger? (V.7 P.405 G.155)
V.7 P.405 G.155
What is this anger?
You left me no food, and took my sleep away.
You turned your face from me,
Then directed me to the Mihrab[1].
You changed the taste in my mouth,
Translator’s Afterword
from The Rubais of Rumi Insane with Love Translator’s Afterword
If death didn’t come to Humans, we would be reasonably happy following the voice of reason as the most trustworthy guide in our lives. But death comes, sooner or later, without exception, making everything else obsolete.
The silence after an obituary defies all consolations of faith and makes any explanations based on reason futile. Reincarnation, hell, and heaven… Continue reading
Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr
A limited number of Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr are available through the society. Contact Us.
Transcribed in 1364, the Dîvân-i Kebîr is Mevlana Rumi’s masterpiece. An anthology of lyric poems that contains more than 40,000 verses, it is written in 14th century Khorasani… Continue reading
Who Rumi Was
In the following quatrain, or rubai, he describes himself:
“My turban, my robe, my head,
They aren’t worth a dime.
Haven’t you heard of my fame in the universe?
I have been annihilated,
I am nothing
I am Absent.”
-R. 198 P. 162
“Annihilation, Nothingness, Absence”, when one searches for him, he is pointing where to look. Certainly it’s not in his robe or turban.
There is an… Continue reading
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