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

Posted on February 5, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on February 5, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume Three Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on February 5, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on February 5, 2017 by michigansufi

“Sincerity” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

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

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

Love in the West and Love in Sufism excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on January 20, 2017 by michigansufi

The Unity of the Sufi excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

“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”