Here is a wonderfully rich introduction to the work of the great mystical poet, featuring the leading literary Translations of his verse.
He is a representative of the Mevlevi tradition founded by Jalaluddin Rumi..
As a producer and writer of Sufi music, he has gained recognition for numerous recordings, including his own Garden within the Flames.
As the publisher of Threshold Books for some twenty years, he was largely responsible for making Rumi the most widely read poet of our time.
He is the codirector, with his wife, Camille Helminski, of the Threshold Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge and practice of Sufism.
About the Author: Kabir Helminski is the author of Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness and the Essential Self, as well as the translator of numerous books of Sufi literature and especially Rumi.
The Rumi Collection also includes a biography of Rumi by Andrew Harvey, as well as an introductory essay by Kabir Helminski on the challenges of translating Rumi into English.
Translators include Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Andrew Harvey, Kabir and Camille Helminski, Daniel Liebert, and Peter Lamborn Wilson.
Here is a wonderfully rich introduction to the work of the great mystical poet, featuring the leading literary Translations of his verse
