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key LQRWI33U
title Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness
author Clarken, Rodney H.
authority
control
Rodney H. Clarken
item typeJournal article
publication year1997
date1997-12
publication titleJournal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract noteExploration 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.
pages29-43
issue1
volume8
languageEnglish
manual tagsMYSTICISM; SELFLESSNESS; DETACHMENT

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