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Title: Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi by Coleman Barks, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi ISBN: 0-9618916-1-0 Publisher: Maypop Pub. Date: June, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Divine Comedy of a Comic Saint?
Comment: Delicious Laughter is Coleman Barks's collection of some of Maulana Rumi's most uproarious stories from the Mathnavi. But I must warn you potential reader: many of the narratives in this compilation are quite explicit - *definitely* not for puritanical prudes. The thing to remember is that Rumi uses these graphic images to make a point. His stories are not just crude attempts to make us chuckle. Rather, he seeks to lay bare the various impulses that push and pull us - impulses that in fact make up the Divine Comedy of human existence. Behind all of these impulses lies the Grand Impulse, which is our inate yet unconscious yearning for the Object of our existence - the Eternal Beloved - like water drops seeking a return to the ocean, or flowers naturally turning towards the sun. As long as this is kept in mind, Rumi's humour will reveal itself for what it is: a key to a higher and more profound understanding of what makes us human. Through this key the grand narrative behind the apparently incoherent and disjointed fables and stories will unlock itself.
Rating: 5
Summary: Solid source for Sufi teaching tales
Comment: Delicious Laughter is a secondary translation of teaching tales in verse by Rumi. By secondary translation I mean that Coleman Barks does not translate directly but works with others who can read the origin. However, Barks' sense of poetry, meaning and story make his versions excellent. Many of the stories are known to the Western world via Idries Shah's work, some through de Mello, others have moved East and West through time. However, many of the tales will be unfamilar to the reader - some of which will remind us of the international character of Rumi's environment.
In "Chinese Art and Greek Art" there is a contest to see which art is best - the Chinese complete a stunning piece of art on their wall. The Greeks polish their wall so brightly that it reflects the Chinese work. ... the moral is ... (read the book to find out).
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Title: The Essential Rumi - reissue : New Expanded Edition by Coleman Barks ISBN: 0062509594 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rumi: The Book of Love : Poems of Ecstasy and Longing by Coleman Barks ISBN: 0060523166 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Rumi: We Are Three: New Rumi Poems by Coleman Barks, Jalalu'l-Din Rumi, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi ISBN: 0961891602 Publisher: Maypop Pub. Date: January, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Love Poems of Rumi by Deepak Chopra ISBN: 0609602438 Publisher: Harmony Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Illuminated Rumi by Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Coleman Barks, Michael Green ISBN: 0767900022 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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