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Posted on May 11, 2018 by michigansufi

“Devotion” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 90 (Page 11)

Posted on May 11, 2018 by michigansufi

“Pilgrimage” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 24)

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Aphorism 21 from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 111)

Posted on April 4, 2018 by michigansufi

“The Results and Fruits of Dhikr” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 138)

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

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“Rules and Manners” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 193)

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“Freedom through Renunciation” excerpt from Bhagavad Gita A New Translation Stephen Mitchell (Page 194)

Posted on April 4, 2018 by michigansufi

Poem excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Pages 74-75)

“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”