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Discourses of Rumi

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discourse 12After the Amir arrived, <strong>Rumi</strong> said: I’ve been longingto call on you. But, knowing you were busywith the interests <strong>of</strong> the people, I spared you thetrouble.The Amir answered: “This duty has beenpressing upon me. Now that the emergency hasended, from now on I will wait upon you.”<strong>Rumi</strong> said: There is no difference. It is all thesame thing. You are so gracious that all things arethe same to you. Since today it is you who areoccupied with good deeds and charities, naturallyI am able to call on you.Just now some <strong>of</strong> us were discussing this question:If a saint, who carries God’s secret jewel[God’s grace], strikes someone, breaking theirnose and jaw, who is the wronged party?Everyone says the one hurt has been wronged, butin reality the wronged person is the saint who isstriking the blow. The one who was punched andhad their head broken is the wrongdoer, and the

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