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“Drunk From Intimacy with You” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 139)

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“The Steps” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 42)

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“The Steps” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 43)

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“The Steps” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 41)

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“Freewill and Determinism” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 80)

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“Drunk from Intimacy with You” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 139)

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“The Steps” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 44)

Posted on December 24, 2017 by michigansufi

“The Sufis’ Sama” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 227)

“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”