Chapter Notes

1

See the Bahá'í Long Obligatory Prayer. Bahá'u'lláh commands the Bahá'ís to pray at least daily. The Bahá'ís are free to chose one of the three prayers specifically revealed for this purpose. The Long Obligatory Prayer is the longest of the three. For the text of the prayer, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1992), 93-9.

2

The Gospel of Selfless Action or The Gita According to Gandhi. Ed. Mahadev Desai (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1984), 319.

3

All Men Are Brothers: Life and Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi as Told in His Own Words. Ed. K Kripalani (Paris: UNESCO, 1969), 63.

4

All Men Are Brothers, 58.

5

All Men Are Brothers, 71.

6

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1976), 3-5. Trans. Shoghi Effendi.

7

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 47-48.

8

The Gospel of Selfless Action or The Gita According to Gandhi, 128.

9

Bhagavad Gita Book IV, verse 6.

10

The Gita According to Gandhi, 196.

11

`Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in J. E. Esslemont, Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 5th rev. ed. (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1987), 195-6.

12

Some Answered Questions. (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990), 264.

13

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 50-2.

14

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 54.

15

Bahá'u'lláh explains that names and attributes like ``Supreme Being,'' ``Son of God'' and ``final prophet,'' among others, can become ``veils'' that conceal God. These veils prevent the followers of religions from recognizing Truth in the religions of others. Hence, animosity continually prevails between the religions, because human beings allow such names and attributes to becomes the cause of confusion and disunity. See for example: John 3:16 in the Holy Bible; Surah Al Ahzab 40 in the Holy Quran; Bhagavad Gita 10:15.

16

Some Answered Questions, 195.

17

M. K. Gandhi, In Search of the Supreme. Volume Three. Ed. V. B. Kher (Ahmedabad: Navajivan press, 1962), 295.

18

The ``death of self'' is a theme that is found in Sufi literature and in some of the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and corresponds to similar ideas in other religions, e.g., nirvana, moksha, and ``union with God.'' See also Bahá'u'lláh's The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991).

19

The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi. Ed. R. K. Prabhu and U. R. Rao (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House, 1967), 67.

20

The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi, 66.

21

The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi, 67-8.

22

M. K. Gandhi, Aspects of Hinduism, in Hindu Dharma (New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1987), 9-10

23

The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi, 98.

24

Paris Talks (London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1972), 137.

25

Paris Talks, 131.

26

Foundations of World Unity (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1979), 23.

27

Foundations of World Unity, 23.

28

All Men Are Brothers, 86-87.

29

In Search of the Supreme. Volume Three, 294.

30

The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi. Ed. Raghavan Iyer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 139-40.

31

Bahá'u'lláh, quoted in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 122.

32

Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 123.

33

Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 125.

34

`Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 123.

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