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| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0709 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 410 | In the Koran the following verse is revealed by God: 'Oh Mahomet no power save that of God...' There are two kinds of love... | PN_1900_heh p072 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; love of God; material and spiritual existence; two books; one universal law; attractive power of love; proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0785 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 380 | It is recorded in one of the Books of the Mussulman that one day Jesus Christ was seen fleeing to the mountains | PN_1900_heh p054 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; mindfulness; concentration; focus; miracles and their interpretation; Moses; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0835 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 360 | Live so as to be in peace with all your environment... The more obstacles one has to overcome, the more difficulties one meets successfully... Certainly one may belong to a church... Prayer is communion, aspiration, soul contact with God. | PN_1900 p009, PN_1906 p012, PN_1909 p023 | definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love and unity; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1010 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 310 | (Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection. | PN_1900_heh p027, PN_1900 p046 | martyrs and martyrdom; Quddus; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1055 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 300 | I answered all the questions of the people the other evening, both those on their lips and those in their hearts. One among them was [a] Jew | PN_1900_heh p030 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1151 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 280 | One other proof which tends to convince people of this Truth is the uprightness and steadfastness of the First Point. | PN_1900_heh p029, PN_1900 p096 | power of the Manifestation of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1225 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good. | BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; humility; meekness; lowliness; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; second birth; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1236 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | We must look at the realities and not the appearances. The end is the only wise thing to consider. Wait patiently! | PN_1900_heh p039 | purpose; goal of creation; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; spiritual springtime; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | angels; law of transformation and change; spiritual transformation; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1341 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 240 | Jesus Christ's identity was denied by the people, but the Disciples established His Word. Butterflies are always flying round and round the lamp | PN_1900_heh p032 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; material and spiritual existence; two books; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1419 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 230 | Regarding the birth of Jesus Christ, there is no doubt that Mary was the wife of Joseph; but the marriage had not yet taken place | PN_1900_heh p069 | Adam; Adam and Eve; birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1624 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 190 | Real love is a spiritual thing. It is an emotion of the soul. From the emotion of the soul an effect is also produced upon the body. | PN_1900_heh p074 | love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; love of God; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1656 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah | BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144 | man's distinction from the animal; outward and inward meanings; physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1760 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 170 | The reality and essence of Jesus Christ was like the mirror, and the reality and essence of God is likened unto the Sun. | PN_1900_heh p068 | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; the cross and the trinity; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1961 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake. | BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2080 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | God is pure essence and cannot be said to be anywhere or in any place... But as man must form and express a conception of God in some way, he calls God 'love' or 'truth' | AELT.114, PN_1900 p010 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2100 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps. | BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | development of capacity and readiness; differences in human capacity; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2187 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 120 | The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup | BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; moderation; frugality; simplicity; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2476 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 90 | In animal types it is known that the stomach must be sound and healthy, and when it is so what is taken with the tongue will be safe and good for the body. | PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | apostles; early disciples of Christ; development of capacity and readiness; differences in human capacity; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2648 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 80 | Personal identity of the devil is not true. God could not have created evil. Timothy 1 was written by bishops. | PN_1900_heh p049 | free will and predestination; fate; idle fancies; lust and passion; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2913 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 60 | It does not mean that Christ shall stand in person and speak with kings and princes. | PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | development of capacity and readiness; differences in human capacity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3083 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 50 | Adam is the symbol of the childhood of the race of man. Childhood has not a great capacity, therefore when he put out his hand to take the apple, he had not the capacity to receive such great knowledge as the apple symbolizes. | PN_1900_heh p066 | Adam; Adam and Eve; differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; stories; anecdotes; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0375 | Words spoken ca. 1909-1910 | 650 | Seine Heiligkeit Bahá'u'lláh hat ausdrücklich im gesegneten "Kitab i aqdas" erlaubt: "lhr (die Bahá'í) mögt alles tun, was nicht dem gesunden Menschenverstand widerstreitet" | SDW v11#05 p.052-054 | House of Justice; justice and mercy; law of Huququ'llah; law of obligatory prayer; reward and punishment; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0200 | Words spoken ca. 1910 | 910 | Die "Heilige Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh" hat in den Tagen ihrer Leiblichkeit (d. h. bei seinen Lebzeiten) verordnet, daß das Heilige Buch des Rechtes und des Gesetzes | SDW v11#02 p.018-020 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; law of obligatory prayer; translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3067 | Words spoken ca. 1911 | 50 | You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. Concerning the condition of the human soul ...It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness | SW_v14#02 p.038, PN_1911 p002, PN_1911 p007, BSTW#043a | existence; immortality of the human soul; immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; soul; spirit after death; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1355 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 240 | Love, that potent magnet, will surely reunite all those whom physical death has parted…. The mineral kingdom is distinct in its conditions from the vegetable | SAS.104-105 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; higher encompasses the lower; man's distinction from the animal; power of the mind over nature; soul; spirit after death; the human soul | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2421 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 100 | Yes, when the complaint is mental in its cause and source. Many diseases springing from inside the body have a mental origin. | SAS.096 | connection between material and spiritual worlds; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2537 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 90 | We have grown up step by step, always to a state in advance of the last. God's processes are never retrogressive. | SAS.103-104 | education and the development of capacity; progress only takes place within its own degree; reincarnation; relationship of the soul to the body; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2697 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 80 | Yes, yes, of course I do. In all questions which concern the welfare of a nation, is not the woman's view as important as the man's | SAS.097-098 | equality of men and women; martyrs and martyrdom; past, present and future of Iran; role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] | - | - |
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