Rumi and Shams’ Silent Rebellion [electronic resource] : Parallels with Vedanta, Buddhism, and Shaivism /
Vaziri, Mostafa.author.
This book offers a paradigm shift and fresh interpretation of Rumi's message. After being disentangled from the anachronistic connection with the Mevlevi order of Islamic Sufism, Rumi is instead placed in the world of philosophy.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Title""; ""Rumi?s Iconoclastic Universalism""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Author?s Note""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note about the Sources""; ""Rumi?s Divan and Masnavi and Their Numbering""; ""Abbreviations and Titles of the Primary Sources""; ""1 The Need for a New Narrative  of Rumi""; ""1. The Philosophy of Non-Dualism and How Rumi Fits In""; ""2. How Would Rumi Fit in as a Philosopher?""; ""Rumi the Poet and the Sage""; ""Can We Associate Rumi with Philosophy?""; ""Conclusion""; ""2 The Need for a New Interpretation of Shams and Rumi: Maqal̄at̄ and Divan""
""Historical Habits and Misconceptions in Rumian Studies""""History of the Texts and the Missing Verses""; ""3 Shams? Rebellious Paradigm: Listening and Thinking Rumi""; ""Prelude""; ""Qalandari? Ideas in Shams?""; ""Shams? Perspective on Mohammad and Islam""; ""Clash with the Establishment""; ""Attitude Towards Muslims and Ka?fir (Non-Believers)""; ""His Social Psychology""; ""Love as the Main Premise""; ""Shams? Success""; ""4 Rumi Unlearns His Pious Past: Curbing Anachronism""; ""The Meeting""; ""Untying the Knot""; ""Love: The Beginning and the Endless""
""Dance and Music?Sama?? as an Instrument of Awakening and Social Upheaval""""The Seed of Silent Rebellion""; ""Is Rumi Mislabeled and Mismeasured?""; ""A Myriad of Sufisms: Which One for Rumi?""; ""Rationale against Rumi?s Labeling""; ""Masnavi: A Multifaceted Work of Scholarship, Not a Sufi Book""; ""Misperceptions of the Masnavi""; ""Some Examples from the Masnavi""; ""The Divan: The Non-Didactic Self""; ""Fi?hi ma? fi?h: Rumi?s Recorded Utterances""; ""Conclusion""; ""5A Rumi?s Philosophical Pyramid: Love and Shams-Consciousness""; ""Level 1: Love, Shams-Consciousness, and Silence""
""Formless and Permanent Love""""Shams-Consciousness Is the Same as Love""; ""Non-Articulation (kha?moush): The Nature of Love and Shams""; ""Love and the Dogma of God""; ""Level 2: How to Be Acquainted with Love""; ""One Is the Conceptual Foundation: Human and God (Love) Are Not Two!""; ""Love Is Non-Existent (Non-perceptible) and Non-articulable""; ""Sama??: Dance and Music to Vibrate Love""; ""Love Is Non-Self (b??-khw??sh?? or b??-khod??)""; ""Conclusion""; ""5B Rumi?s Case against Dualistic Thinking and His Wisdom about the World""
""Level 3: The World of Dualism and Pairs of Opposites""""The Dualism of Belief and Disbelief""; ""Against Other Dualistic and Pluralistic Concepts""; ""The Secret of Love Is Concealed""; ""Level 4: The World and Its Affairs""; ""Conclusion""; ""6A Rumi, Vedanta, and Buddhism""; ""Delight and Difficulty!""; ""Introduction: Some Intermingling of Indian and Muslim Mystics""; ""The Parallels of Rumi with Vedanta and Buddhism""; ""1. Advaita Vedanta and Rumi""; ""Brahman-Love and Non-Dualism""; ""2. Non-Self and Liberation in Buddhism: Parallels in Rumi?s Poetry""
""6B Rumi, Kashmir Shaivism,  and Tantra""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book offers a paradigm shift and fresh interpretation of Rumi's message. After being disentangled from the anachronistic connection with the Mevlevi order of Islamic Sufism, Rumi is instead placed in the world of philosophy.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247
Religions.
Philosophy.
Religion—Philosophy.
Philosophy, Asian.
Buddhism.
Hinduism.
Comparative Religion.
Philosophy, general.
Philosophy of Religion.
Non-Western Philosophy.
Buddhism.
Hinduism.