| “The experience of beauty paves the way for the experience of love.” | Page 57

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“Detachment from the World” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 55)

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“Spiritual Need (niyaz)” excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume Two Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 121)

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“The Boisterous Love” excerpt from SUFI Issue 95 (Page 7)

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Excerpt from Spiritual Poverty in Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 59)

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Excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 87)

Posted on June 18, 2018 by michigansufi

“My Moon” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 94 Winter 2018 (Page 7)

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“The Khaniqah of the Dervishes” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 23)

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“Veil (hejab)” excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume Five Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 2)

“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”