Full name: Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi

Author: Jalal al-Din Rumi Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781570625220 1570625220

These selections from Rumi's Mathnawi – a classic of Sufi spiritual literature – express the "lion's roar" of courage, discipline, clarity, and integrity. The lion represents the fierce intensity that recognizes no authority except the highest truth. At the same time, Rumi's lion is full of heart and devotion. Through these poems the reader will explore the qualities that are vital to the spiritual aspirant who seeks to overcome the imprisonment of ego. Similar books: Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar The Gift by Hafiz The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Richard Francis Burton The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi Open Secret by John Moyne I Heard God Laughing by Hafiz