| “The experience of beauty paves the way for the experience of love.” | Page 66

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“Master and Disciple” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 68)

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“The Banquet of the Tavern of Ruin” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

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“Longing for You” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 66 (Page 8)

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“Some Attributes of the Master” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page106)

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“The Master’s Grace” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 212)

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“Desire For You” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 110)

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“Chivalry” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 104)

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“Chivalry” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 13)

“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”