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41. The Rubiayat of Omar Khayyam | |
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(1932)
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42. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald by Omar Khayyam | |
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(1947)
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43. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: English, French, German, Italian, and Danish Translations Compaaratively Arranged in Accordance with the Text of Edward Fitzgerald's ... Bibliographies, and Other Material, Volu by Omar Khayyam, Nathan Haskell Dole | |
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(2010-03-08)
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44. Dinner at Omar Khayyam's by George Mardikian | |
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(1969-01-01)
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A real American story |
45. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. by Omar Khayyam | |
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(1919-01-01)
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46. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Anonymous | |
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(2010-03-05)
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47. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Fitzgerald Khayyam Omar | |
Paperback: 58
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(2007-12-28)
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48. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyám | |
Paperback: 38
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(2010-07-24)
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49. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyam, Justin Huntly McCarthy | |
Paperback: 140
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(2010-02-26)
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50. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam | |
Paperback: 149
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(1947)
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51. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia by Omar Khayyam | |
Paperback: 56
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(2010-01-01)
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52. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in English Verse, Edward Fitzgerald: The Text of the Fourth Edition, Followed by That of the First; with Notes Showing the Extent ... Persian Original; and a Biographical Preface by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Michael Kearney | |
Paperback: 130
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(2010-02-28)
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53. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the astronomer poet of Persia by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Frank Brangwyn | |
Paperback: 146
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(2010-08-04)
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54. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained by Paramahansa Yogananda | |
Paperback: 374
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(1996-12-31)
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Why not just read them yourself without another person's interpretation?
Was Omar Khayyam a yogi? The purpose of this book, however, is to illustrate Mr. Yogananda's beliefs with the poetry of Omar Khayyam, not to explain or comment the quatrains. Quatrain number 52 is one of the most materialistic, even fatalistic, of Omar Khayyam's poems: And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, (in the standard 101 quatrain-edition of Edward FitzGerald this poem is number 72 and reads more correctly: "And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, / Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, / Lift not your hands to It for help - for It / As impotently moves as you or I.") Mr. Yogananda paraphrases it as "Sun, Moon, stars, and planets pass athwart the sky as though in a slow celestial dance. Their movements correspond to the decrees of the Cosmic Law. Their changing configurations are choreographed, like the events in our lives. The stars and planets themselves can no more choose how they will affect us than we can select our own karmic destinies. Look not to the stars, then, for help if you would change your lot. Look to God. He it was who made you and all the stars. He it was who first determined the workings of karmic law." God and "karmic law" figure prominently in Mr. Yogananda's interpretations of the other quatrains, too. However, the connection between the poems and Mr. Yogananda's interpretation is in all cases very flimsy and arbitrary. In Omar Khayyam's quatrain about the indifference of nature towards human suffering it is definitely far-fetched to claim that he wanted the reader to look to God and remind him of the "karmic law" when he wrote this poem. Rather, it seems the opposite was the case. Omar Khayyam asks many questions about life and life's meaning in his quatrains. Mr. Yogananda claims to have all the answers. I prefer to stay with the questions and find my own answers. One of which is: no, Omar Khayyam was no yogi.
Story Behind the Scenes "Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse -- and Thou," or "The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on."? These lines are from the first translation of The Rubaiyat by the English translator and man of letters, Edward FitzGerald (1809 - 1883). While it retains the spirit and philosophy expressed in the original quatrains, FitzGerald's translation was so free in its rendition as to be virtually an original work. "Omar," Paramhansa Yogananda has said, "by a very large number of Western readers, has come to be regarded as a rather erotic pagan poet, a drunkard interested only in wine and earthly pleasure. This is typical of the confusion that exists on the entire subject of Sufism. The wine is the joy of the spirit, and the love is the rapturous devotion to God?" The Rubaiyat as well as the Tales of the Arabian Nights are not love stories about drunkards, genies, and magic caves filled with treasures, but mystical stories based on the religion of Sufism. Their encoded symbolism, when revealed, is deeply mystical and meaningful. One example is the magic lamp of Aladdin. First, the meaning of the name: AL is Arabic for God, "ALLAH."DDIN is a transcription of the word DJINN (or we would say in the West, "Genie.") But in Arabic it means SPIRIT. Thus, ALADDIN means "The Spirit of God." Well, what is the magic lamp, then? The magic lamp is something we all possess in the depths (cave) of the subconscious, the MIND. What would it mean then that the "Spirit of God" rubs the "Mind"? This refers to the practice of meditation. By focussing on an idea, a single thought, our minds are capable of bringing about any reality we dream of. We are the co-creators of our own universe, our own lives. As Pogo, the comic strip character, said: "We have met the enemy, and it is we-uns." We are responsible for our own self-undoing, just as we are responsible for creating our own lives. Secrecy and the practice of hiding deep truths behind a veil of exotic symbolism was the way the Sufis protected themselves against persecution for their unorthodox views. It is similar to the deep mysticism of the Jewish Kabala. The Sufis called their secret language QBL. The alchemists of the West used another example of hidden mysticism. Do you think they were really trying to transmute lead into gold, or were they trying to transmute the gross material of our bodies and souls into the golden glory of the spirit? If you think so, read John Randolph Price?s book published by Hay House, The Alchemist?s Handbook. Nostradamus and Leonardo daVinci also hid their writings in obscure diaries and secret codes. Paramhansa Yogananda accomplished much of the mystic discovery about Omar Khayyam in his book, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained. Paramhansa Yogananda was one of the great spiritual beacons of the 20th century. His Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, has been a best-selling autobiography for the past fifty years. Yogananda was born in India in 1893 and sent to this country in 1920 where he founded the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, California, a non-sectarian and universal organization. His close friend and editor of the book on the Rubaiyat, J. Donald Walters, also known as Kriyananda, wrote: "Yogananda's charity, compassion, unshakable calmness, loving friendship to all, delightful sense of humor and deep insight into human nature were such as to leave me constantly amazed."
If you love poetry like I do, you will love this one too!!
Wow! Even though the commentaries arefull of esoteric wisdom, Yogananda writes in a poetic style that is easy onthe eyes, mind, and soul. I quote from Yogananda here: "Come, fillthe Cup of Consciousness with the divine wine of bliss! Cast away yourmaterial desires (deceitful, because forever disillusioning), and flinginto the crackling fire of fresh spiritual enthusiasm your robe ofpenitence for having ever indulged in them." ... Read more |
55. Omar Khayyam: A life by Harold Lamb | |
Paperback: 254
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(1971)
Isbn: 0843900148 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
56. The Life, the Loves, the Adventures of Omar Khayyam (A Signet book) by Manuel Komroff | |
Mass Market Paperback: 128
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(1957)
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57. Omar Khayyam Revisited by Hakim Yama Khayyam, Omar Khayyam | |
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(1974-06)
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58. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac. | |
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(1909-01-01)
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59. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations, by Richard Le Gallienne by Omar Khayyam, Richard Le Gallienne | |
Paperback: 122
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(2010-01-10)
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60. The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam as translated into English verse by EdwardFitzgerald by Omar Khayyam | |
Hardcover:
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(1905)
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