Posted on August 13, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on August 13, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Spiritual Poverty in Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Excerpt from Spiritual Poverty in Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The People of Loving-Kindness

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

The People of Loving-Kindness excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The People of Loving-Kindness excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The House of Sincerity and Purity

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

The House of Sincerity and Purity excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The House of Sincerity and Purity excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The Followers of Love

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

The Followers of Love excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

The Followers of Love excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

Poem excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 29 Spring 1996

Poem excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 29 Spring 1996

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on July 3, 2015 by michigansufi

Aphorism 14 from Discourses on the Sufi Path by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Aphorism 14 from Discourses on the Sufi Path by 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”