| “The experience of beauty paves the way for the experience of love.” | Page 64

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“Love and the Heart” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 249)

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Poem from Sufism III by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 39)

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“The Veil of the Heart” excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 83)

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Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 68)

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“Definitions of Gratitude by Sufi Masters” excerpt from Sufism V by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Pages 8-9)

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“Detachment from the World (tajrid)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 55

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“Freedom (hurriyat)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 120)

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“Aphorism 20” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 110)

“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”