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Posted on May 28, 2019 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism (Del wa Nafs) Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 52)

Posted on May 28, 2019 by michigansufi

Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita A New Translation Stephen Mitchell (Pages 129-130)

Posted on April 23, 2019 by michigansufi

“Love” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 196)

Posted on April 23, 2019 by michigansufi

“Love, Eros (‘eshq)” excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume Two Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 25)

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“Listen to God” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 235)

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“Love” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 21)

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“Love in Sufism” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 70)

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“Love and Life” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 191)

“It is said that, when asked how many ways there are from creation to God, Abu Sa’id replied, “According to one account, there are a thousand ways, according to another, there are as many as there are particles in existence, but the shortest, the best, and the easiest way to God is to bring comfort to someone else.”

It is in the same context that Rumi writes:

For God’s pleasure should you do your service;

What care have you whether you bear peoples’ praise or censure?

Or, in Sa’di’s words:

Service to people is the whole of worship:

The worship of God is not done

by rosary beads, robes of piety or prayer carpets.”

-from The Key Features of Sufism, Dr Javad Nurbakhsh

“Service to People is the Whole of Worship”