Tami Simon speaks with Coleman Barks-- a leading scholar and translator of the 13th-century Persian mystic Jelaluddin Rumi-- about the extraordinary friendship between Rumi and his teacher Shams Tabrizi.
"Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.— Rumi
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For more inspiration, here is a verse by Rumi, "The Root of the Root of Yourself." Learn more