Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi

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Whatever human beings do - however compulsive or ludicrous - to Rumi, it affords a glimpse of the inner life. This work reveals the very human properties in Rumi's vision. It includes the notorious 'Latin Parts' that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation.

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The greatest Sufi poet, Rumi was born in Balkh and settled in Anatolia (Turkey) after years of travel. His major work, the Masnavi, stands as one of the great complete expressions of Islamic mysticism. There are countless studies of his work in Persian.

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