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Posted on April 4, 2018 by michigansufi

“The Results and Fruits of Dhikr” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 140)

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“The Heart (dil)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 147)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by michigansufi

“Love and Reason” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 41)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 12)

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Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 39)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by michigansufi

“The King of Love” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 19)

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“The Intellect” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 83)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by michigansufi

“The Display of Creation” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 205)

“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”