What Is The Ecstatic Faith Of Rumi?

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Keshavarz, Fatemeh and Soleyman Vaseghi. “ The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi.” Host Krista
Tippett. On Being. American Public Media, 2009.MP3 file. 25 May 2015.

In the On Being Podcast “ The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi,” Krista Tippett and
Keshavarz discuss the life and poems of Rumi. Rumi was inspired by his thoughts of spirituality, love, religion and the Sufi Traditions, where he observes how people relate one another. Tippett explains how Rumi utilized the community of the Whirling Dervishes by focusing on how people should stay centered while moving in their lives, learning from their experiences, which will help us grow and be a better person. Keshavarz points out that Rumi was inspired from the Islamic Traditions to write about how people should

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