The Rumi Daybook 365 Poems and Teachings from the Beloved Sufi Master

The verses of Jalaluddin Rumi exploded from the poet's heart as ecstatic utterances, expressing the experience of divine love. They still shock us with their power and eloquence. The Rumi Daybook provides 365 one-page selections from the master's great work--both poetry and prose--that can be used as an inspiration to start or end every day. Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) was a poet, mystic, and founder of the Mevlevi Order of the Sufis (the mystics of Islam), famous for their ecstatic whirling dances. He was a person of profound insight into the nature of humanity, and he is revered today by Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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. 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. 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. As a producer and writer of Sufi music, he has gained recognition for numerous recordings, including his own Garden within the Flames. He is a representative of the Mevlevi tradition founded by Jalaluddin Rumi.

Camille Helminski is codirector, with her husband, Kabir Helminski, of the Threshold Society of Santa Cruz, California. She holds an honorary doctorate in Arabic from the University of Damascus and the World Union of Writers (Paris).