Author: Darvish Houston
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Dr Javad Nurbakhsh’s Birthday
December 10 marks the birthday of the Previous Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh—a teacher whose life and writings continue to illuminate the Sufi path for seekers around the world. In the video below, Tony May recites three of Dr. Nurbakhsh’s Sufi poems—Love’s Secrets, The Land of I and You, and The…
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Update for November 23-29
Meditation Sessions The Sunday discourse was from Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (translated by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about Sufism today. The Thursday discourse was also from Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (translated by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about becoming a disciple.
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Join Us For Our December 2025 Open House
Our next Houston Sufi Center event is scheduled for December 28, 2025. Contact us today to get an invitation.
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Thanksgiving Food Boxes
In partnership with Cy-Fair Helping Hands and Faith Church, the Nimatullahi Sufi community participated in building and delivering Thanksgiving food boxes for underpriviledged families in Greater Houston. A total of 800 boxes were built just prior to Thanksgving.. Building Thanksgiving food boxes at Faith Church Half the boxes were brought to Cy-Fair Helping Hands and…
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Community Service Update
Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh featured the Nimatullahi community service activities in Houston. Each Nimatullahi center and khaniqah performs some type of community service to benefit the local community in which they live.
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Update for 26 Oct – 1 Nov
Meditation Sessions The Sunday discourse was from Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about the the topic of friendship. The Thursday discourse was from Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (translated by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about the difference between the Khaniqah and other religious centers. Community Service The Nimatullahi community in Houston held our monthly volunteer community service at Cy-Fair Helping Hands’ food pantry. In…
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Thanksgiving Food Drive
This year the Sufi Service community in Houston began support Cy-Fair Helping Hands’s annual Thanksgiving food drive. The Houston Sufi Service community — along with family, friends, and neighbors — donated over 700 pounds of non-perishable food to support disadvantaged families in Greater Houston for the Thanksgiving season. We hope to make this an annual…
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Join us for our monthly Open House
Our next Houston Sufi Center event is scheduled for November 30, 2025. Contact us today to get an invitation.
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Update for October 19-25
Meditation Sessions The Sunday discourse was from Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (translated by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about the Sufi expression “Breath is the Truth”. The Thursday discourse was also from Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (translated by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh) about the relationship between the Master and disciple. Community Service Our quarterly Houston Sufi Service newsletter was published on October 21st and emailed to…
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Autumn 2025 Sufi Service
In Autumn, the Houston Sufi Service community continued our long-term partnership with Cy-Fair Helping Hands (CFHH) food pantry. We helped provide nourishing food to more than 120 underprivileged and unhoused families each month. This quarter, we also started a new project with CFHH where we help collect non-perishable food for their annual Thanksgiving Food Box…