The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

after approximately five centuries, Rumi is still a favorite in the Orient, and being read around the world. only two people have outsold him, considering worldwide figures: Khalil Gibran (at number two) and William Shakespeare (winner & still cham-peen). there are many similarities between Zen and Sufism, and i kept finding echoes of Zen in everything in this book. the thing is that Rumi's...more

after approximately five centuries, Rumi is still a favorite in the Orient, and being read around the world. only two people have outsold him, considering worldwide figures: Khalil Gibran (at number two) and William Shakespeare (winner & still cham-peen). there are many similarities between Zen and Sufism, and i kept finding echoes of Zen in everything in this book. the thing is that Rumi's poetry shows--more than anything else--a burning, singular, passionate love for God that i've only seen (approximately?) matched in the works of Gibran.   hide