| key | LQRWI33U |
| title | Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness |
| author | Clarken, Rodney H. |
| authority control | Rodney H. Clarken |
| item type | Journal article |
| publication year | 1997 |
| date | 1997-12 |
| publication title | Journal of Bahá'í Studies |
| abstract note | Exploration of Bahá'u'lláh's conceptualization of poverty (detachment from the world) and nothingness (selflessness); identifies five representatives of the greatest philosophers and prophets of all time -- Muhammad, Socrates, Confucius, Buddha and Jesus; describes each of their concepts of selflessness and detachment; examines commonalities among them and with Bahá'u'lláh's conceptualization; and closes with some qualifying remarks. |
| pages | 29-43 |
| issue | 1 |
| volume | 8 |
| language | English |
| manual tags | MYSTICISM; SELFLESSNESS; DETACHMENT |
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