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“The Way of Jesus and His Method” excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 34-35)

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“The Breath of Jesus” excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 52)

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“The People of Loving-Kindness” excerpt from Bestower of Light Jeffrey Rothschild (Page 108)

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“Constancy” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 43)

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“God’s Grace” excerpt from Sufi Magazine Issue 59 Autumn 2003 (Page 36)

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Aphorism 25 from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 115)

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“The Service of the Sufi” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 49)

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“The Ethics of the Sufis (akhlaq-i sufiyan)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 28)

“The Ethics of the Sufis (akhlaq-i sufiyan)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 28)

“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”