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| ABU2256 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11 | 110 | The greatest attainment in the world of humanity is love, for it is through love that man is attracted toward God. It is love that establishes communication | DAS.1913-02-11 | love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; power of love; progress only takes place within its own degree; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2776 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11 | 70 | Our pathway is supplication and invocation, severance from all else save Him and communion with the Source of all benediction. | DAS.1913-02-11 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of prayer; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2382 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-12 | 100 | When I was very young, I was present in a meeting in which people discussed astronomy according to the theories of the old school of Ptolemy. | DAS.1913-02-12 | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; infinity and eternity; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1551 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-13 | 200 | When Bahá'u'lláh returned from His pilgrimage to Karbila, the brother of the Grand Vizir Abbas Quli Khan | DAS.1913-02-13 | Baha'u'llah; early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; power of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2438 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 90 | The people of Paris are of two kinds. First, the followers of a dogmatic religion; second, the free-thinkers. The former follow blindly the priests; the latter does not like to hear the word of religion mentioned. | DAS.1913-02-14 | critique of Western values; culture; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2659 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 80 | When I was very young I was travelling with Bahá'u'lláh and my family. We reached the city of Kermanshahan. Here we took quarters in a Caravanserai. | DAS.1913-02-14 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; stories; anecdotes; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2615 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-16 | 80 | How large is the creation of God! How stupendous His machinery! How infinite His dominion!... Were it possible to construct an aeroplane and establish communication between the various planets many marvellous discoveries would have been achieved! | DAS.1913-02-16 | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; infinity and eternity; plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2383 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18 | 100 | Man cannot attain to the highest summit of human progress without the assistance of the Breaths of the Holy Spirit. A man intellectually may become enabled | DAS.1913-02-18 | education of children; moral education; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1553 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19 | 200 | Once upon a time I was invited to a garden party outside of the fortress of Akka. There were about seventy guests including the governor | DAS.1913-02-19 | exhortations and counsels; service to others; to the Cause of God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1875 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19 | 160 | It so happened that while in Baghdad, during the season that the pilgrims arrived from all over the Islamic world to visit the Holy Shrines | DAS.1913-02-19 | humor; jokes; pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1673 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 180 | Now Europe in reality is in the utmost beauty and adornment. Material civilization has advanced greatly. It is a body in the utmost of comeliness, but regrettable it is that it is not animated by the spirit. | DAS.1913-02-20 | call to action; critique of Western values; culture; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2238 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 110 | The greatness of the American journey is not now known. Erelong its glories shall fill all the books and pamphlets of the world. | DAS.1913-02-20 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2733 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 70 | How dead to all spiritual emotions are the people of Paris! The inhabitants of this city are engrossed in the whirlpool of pleasure and self-gratification. | DAS.1913-02-20 | critique of Western values; culture; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2699 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-21 | 80 | Pride and haughtiness are the worst qualities. If a person becomes the possessor of the whole world he must not become proud. | DAS.1913-02-21 | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; humility; meekness; lowliness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0254 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-22 | 810 | At the time that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh was in the mountains of Suleymanieh one of the young rugged, illiterate Kurds living in the valley came to see Him... His name was Mullah Ali Mardan. | DAS.1913-02-22 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; praise and encouragement; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0956 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 320 | In this Bahá’í Dispensation the question of deeds is most important. Confession and acknowledgement do not mean faith. Faith means deeds and deeds mean faith. | DAS.1913-02-24 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; goodly deeds; actions; love and unity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1340 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 240 | The inhabitants of one of the provinces of Persia desired to get rid of the burden of military conscription laid upon them by the minister of war. | DAS.1913-02-24 | humor; jokes; petitions to authorities; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1675 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 180 | There were three persons who started to journey together. One was from the province of Tabriz, the other from the province of Isfahan and the third from the province of Kashan. | DAS.1913-02-24 | humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2131 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 120 | When a person desires to destroy his house to build a new one on its site, first of all he must make the plan ready, then the bricks | DAS.1913-02-24 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1775 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-25 | 170 | When His Holiness the Báb arrived in Isfahan, Manuchehr Khan who had been converted from Christianity to [the] Muhammadan religion was the governor of the city. | DAS.1913-02-25 | proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2619 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-15 | 80 | There are three ancient Bibles. 1st the Jewish Bible. 2nd the Sanhedrin Bible which was translated by the seventy wisest Rabbis into Greek at the time of Ptolemy. 3rd the Samaritan Bible. | DAS.1913-03-15 | grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0989 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-16 | 310 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | The test of existence is motion. An object which has in itself the power of motion lives. If motion is withheld growth ceases. | DAS.1913-03-16x, ADP.124-126 | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; education and the development of capacity; heat and motion; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2201 | Words spoken at Sacy home in Paris, 1911-10-29 | 120 | I am from a far away country and here in Paris, at your table, I find in union, love and happiness, Persians, Arabs, Turks and French | SW_v02#14 p.015 | oneness; unity of religion; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0656 | Words spoken at Salvation Army Shelter in London, 1912-12-25 | 450 | I feel tonight great joy and happiness to be in this place, because my meetings and callings | SW_v03#18 p.008-009 | consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; suffering and imprisonment; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1954 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-01-04 | 150 | In this gathering, all the friends are assembled together in the utmost freedom, happiness and majesty. | SW_v13#09 p.220-221 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0724 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05 | 410 | Do you like it here? Do you like the view here? ... This truth is that this place has a spiritual atmosphere... His Holiness Elijah was once in a cave near here. | SW_v11#16 p.269-270, PN_1920 p030, PN_1920 p054, PN_1920 p090, PN_1920_heh p012, PN_1920_heh_haifa p013, STAB#053 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Shrines and Holy places; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1654 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05 | 190 | It is well to worship in any place where the thought is turned to God. Whether the place is home, church, or mosque | SW_v11#16 p.268-269, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p091 | Christ; Christianity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0470 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-10-24 | 560 | There are many collective forces in the world of existence which bring together the scattered ..., which unite different ideals | PN_1920 p061, PN_1920_heh p002, PN_1920_heh_haifa p038 | episodes from the early history of Islam; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2538 | Words spoken at table on 1914-10-30 | 90 | Consider how the people bear testimony to the fact that this Religion is universal and its principles are conducive to the welfare of humanity | DAS.1914-10-30 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection of Muhammad; suffering; rejection of Christ; unity; oneness of humanity; universality of the Cause; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0395 | Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12 | 630 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion | PT#54 p.185, BSC.322 #642, BSTW#091 | contemplation; divine philosophy and natural philosophy; intuition; inspiration; meditation; mind as intermediary between soul and body; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0429 | Words spoken at the house of Consul A. in Haifa, July 1909 | 600 | Mein Freund, darauf könnte man mit Ja und Nein antworten, nämlich: die gesegnete Schönheit (Bahá'u'lláh) hat wohl die elementaren Moralgesetze des heiligen Propheten Musa (Moses) | SDW v12#03 p.027-028 | critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; praise of Eastern values; culture; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0374 | Words spoken at the sea shore in June 1910 | 650 | Ja und nein, nämlich: jede Manifestation hat ihre prophetische Aufgabe und ihren prophetischen Charakter, aber nicht jeder Prophet ist zugleich eine Manifestation | SDW v12#02 p.014-015 | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Manifestation of God as mirror; return of the Manifestations of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0452 | Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Aug 1909 | 580 | Das Wort "auserwahlt ("chosen" in Englisch) wird leicht als gleichbedeutend mit "bevorzugt", "verwöhnt", "auserlesen", "vor andern" angesehen. Gerade das Volk Israel hat es kaum je in seiner ganzen Bedeutung erfaßt | SDW v11#06 p.064-065 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0453 | Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Mar 1910 | 580 | O my daughter, you ask so many things, that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh could instruct you for many days and weeks!... The Lord God pleased to give the human being three great mysteries | MSBH10.188-190 | SDW v13#02 p.017-018, BLO_PN#047 | free will and predestination; fate; justice and wrath of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; relationship of the soul to the body; soul is the essential reality of man | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0111 | Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab on 4 May 1910 | 1180 | Meine Gäste kennen wohl die ruhmreiche Geschichte der göttlichen Geduld und der sehnsüchtigen Todesfreudigkeit seiner Heiligkeit des Propheten Báb | SDW v11#03 p.030-032, BLO_PN#048x | House of Justice; law of pilgrimage; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Shrines and Holy places; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0302 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Liverpool, 1912-12-14 | 730 | When I was in America, I had many opportunities of addressing the Theosophical Society there. In every city I spoke once to them | DAS.1912-12-14x, SW_v03#17 p.003-004 | independent investigation of truth; reality; martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); realms of being; three realms; five realms; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0091 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, Nov. 1911 | 1280 | Paris Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Since my arrival in Paris, I have been told of the Theosophical Society, and I know that it is composed of | LOG#1076x, PT#40 p.129 | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; independent investigation of truth; reality; non-participation in politics; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; religion as source of love and unity; supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1421 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 230 | Before we begin the process of purification we ought to know in what the impurity of man consists. We should know what defiles the spirit of man. | ECN.326+804 | perfection; imperfection of nature; spiritual baptism; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1593 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 200 | The question of reincarnation is a very important one. It is in need of elucidation and elaboration. It cannot be briefly answered. When we study phenomena | ECN.321+796 | composition and decomposition; elementary matter cannot be annihilated; passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; reincarnation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2120 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 130 | Human spirits are manifested in physical molds or bodies. One spirit may be imperfect; that is to say, it may be imbued with qualities | ECN.323+798 | chastisement and requital; recompense; reward for belief; right action; spiritual transformation; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2422 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 100 | In the human being there is conceived a perfect reality which according to varoius terminologies has received different names. | ECN.325+802 | mind as intermediary between soul and body; soul is the essential reality of man; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2676 | Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-06 | 80 | You are all one family; you have grown out of one root. Each of you is like a branch, a flower, a fruit. | SW_v02#12 p.003 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; exhortations and counsels; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love and unity; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0036 | Words spoken at Westminster Palace Hotel in London, 1912-12-20 | 1800 | Scientists tell us that the world of matter is made up of constellation of molecules which hold it in its various forms; each molecule consists | SW_v03#17 p.006-009, SW_v08#10 p.121-122, SW_v12#06 p.122-123 | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness; unity of religion; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment; supreme tribunal; universal education; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0320 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 710 | God has created all things in such a manner that they have always two conditions -- the condition of perfection and the condition of imperfection. | PN_1900_heh p061 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mediator; need for an educator; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; suffering; rejection of Christ; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0333 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 700 | It is recorded in the Book of Genesis - "let us create man after our own image" | PN_1900_heh p051, PN_1900 p097 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as sun; material and spiritual existence; two books; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0370 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 650 | Hell signifies punishment and the Kingdom signifies reward.... Heaven and Hell have been misunderstood until the Blessed Perfection explained the true meaning | PN_1900_heh p043, PN_1900 p047, PN_1900 p111 | chastisement and requital; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; recompense; reward for belief; right action; soul; spirit after death; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0507 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 530 | The justice of God is a difficult subject and requires much reflection upon our Lord's Words... Paraclete means the Holy Spirit... Regarding the use of beads | PN_1900_heh p040, BSTW#305x | chastisement and requital; differences in human capacity; diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; justice and mercy; maintainance of degrees in society; many are called but few are chosen | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0525 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 520 | We had these flower last year and today we see the same. We are in the habit of saying these flowers are the return | PN_1900_heh p059 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection of Muhammad; return of the Manifestations of God; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0584 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 480 | This lesson is to explain, if it be possible for either a believer or an unbeliever to advance in the next world. The believer attains to eternal life in this world. | PN_1900_heh p046, PN_1900 p113 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; progress only takes place within its own degree; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0650 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 450 | The second proof of the Truth of the Revelation of the Blessed Perfection is contained in the enunciations or prophecies | PN_1900_heh p025 | predictions and prophecies; prophecy and fulfillment; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - |
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