Rumi
1207-1273 66 years
1207-1273 66 years
aka: Mevlana Jala-ad-Din Rumi, Mohammad
Persian (Iranian) poet, Sufi, etc...
born in what's now Afghanistan, died in what's
now Turkey.
left Persia with his father during Mongol invasions
the Sufi order of the "whirling dervishes"
eventually was formed by his followers, after
Rumi's death.
his original name Jalal-al-Din means "Splendor of
the Faith" in Arabic.
Rumi means "Rome", and is a later name given to
him, as his residence in Turkey (then called
Anatolia) was considered to be part of the Roman
world to the eastern people.
Persian (Iranian) poet, Sufi, etc...
born in what's now Afghanistan, died in what's
now Turkey.
left Persia with his father during Mongol invasions
the Sufi order of the "whirling dervishes"
eventually was formed by his followers, after
Rumi's death.
his original name Jalal-al-Din means "Splendor of
the Faith" in Arabic.
Rumi means "Rome", and is a later name given to
him, as his residence in Turkey (then called
Anatolia) was considered to be part of the Roman
world to the eastern people.
| Then there are poets, mystics, people with the aesthetic sense. They look at truth as beauty – Jalaluddin Rumi and Rabindranath Tagore and others, who think that beauty is truth. They create much art, they create new sources of beauty in the world. The painter, the poet, the dancer, the musician, they are also approaching truth from a totally different dimension than power... --Osho The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol. 1, ch. 1 |
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