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| ABU3085 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris | 50 | All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world. | CHH.182, BLO_PN#022 | high station of the arts and sciences; light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3526 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris | 20 | Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet? | CHH.181, BLO_PN#022 | realms of being; three realms; five realms; reincarnation; service to others; to the Cause of God; soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2294 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1912 in the United States | 110 | ...he replied that he had talked on every subject, from the scientific as well as psychological basis | SW_v03#10 p.016 | being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; living waters; water of life; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0789 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 380 | I met a man this morning who belongs to the sect of Buddhists and I said to him, "What is your message?" | SW_v02#14 p.005-006, SW_v08#10 p.134-135 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; power of the mind over nature; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0904 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension | BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541 | Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God; transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1239 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 260 | Each one has in his environment a treasure. Let him seek that treasure eagerly, search for it with patience | SW_v02#14 p.007+014-015 | development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1805 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 170 | There has been another battle today and much blood has been shed. The poor have given their lives | SW_v02#14 p.005 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1931 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Akka, 1915-04-17 | 150 | Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion? | DAS.1915-04-17 | effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2002 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Budapest, 1913-04-13 | 140 | For nine years He [Bahá'u'lláh] did not see a green leaf. He loved nature. His sensibilities and powers of observation were miraculous. The tips of His fingers were the most sensitive parts of His holy temple. | DAS.1913-04-13 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2636 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-18 | 80 | We are living and moving in a Cause the likeness of which is like unto this ocean. We must immerse ourselves in this sea and reach its depths, so that we may gather the unseen, brilliant pearls of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God | DAS.1915-04-18 | call to action; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1709 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-25 | 180 | These warring, Christian nations call themselves the followers of the Nazarene but do not live in accord with his teachings... Do we Bahá'ís live according to the principles of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh? We must be just. | DAS.1915-04-25 | criticism and its limits; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3446 | Words spoken in 'Akka to Aqa Muhammad Rahim | 30 | One day the Blesed Beauty observed: 'At this very moment the Tablet to the Czar of Russia is being read | STOB.049 #056 | predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0313 | Words spoken in 1900 | 720 | The mystery of sacrifice: There are many meanings for these words. Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one of the station of mankind and the other of spirituality. | PN_1900 p002, PN_1900 p057, PN_unsorted p143 | sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1628 | Words spoken in 1900 | 190 | Every material thing we see around us, represents some spiritual idea. As there is an outward, material reality, so there is also an inward, spiritual reality. | PTIM.062, BSTW#201 | Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Manifestation of God as sun; material world a reflection of the spiritual; need for an educator | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1730 | Words spoken in 1900 | 180 | Abdu'l-Baha said that he had seen the faces of the American believers and he was very glad | SW_v08#16 p.215, PTIM.034 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2406 | Words spoken in 1900 | 100 | A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix | SW_v14#01 p.010 | second birth; soul; spirit after death; spiritual transformation; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1091 | Words spoken in 1901 | 450 | O people! The Doors of the Kingdom are opened--the Sun of Truth is shining upon the world... These great days are swiftly passing and once gone can never be recalled | SW_v03#14 p.012, SW_v04#15 p.258, SW_v05#01 p.001, SW_v06#14 p.106, SW_v06#15 p.113, SW_v06#15 p.116, SW_v08#14 p.189x, SW_v12#15 p.245x, PN_1901 p086, AHV.032, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#504bx | call to action; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proclamation to Christians; suffering; rejection of Christ; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2690 | Words spoken in 1909 | 80 | Persian Teacher, A | Give Mrs. Botay my greetings and love and tell her she must greatly endeavor | SW_v12#05 p.108 | race unity; racial issues; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2800 | Words spoken in 1910 | 70 | Mrs. C. when you go back to New York talk to people about the love of God. People in the world do not talk enough about God. Their conversation is filled with trivialities | TOR.212-213, VLAB.143 | knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; methods of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3438 | Words spoken in 1910 | 30 | The (Holy) Spirit is encompassing and surrounding all. It is holy. It is sanctified from attachment to a special place. It is present everywhere and at every time. It exists in all places, yet is placeless. | SW_v08#08 p.098 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3543 | Words spoken in 1910 | 20 | I cannot tell you, but in all those upon whom I look, I see only my Father's face. | TOR.006, VLAB.085 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3586 | Words spoken in 1910 | 10 | Characterize thyself with the characteristics of God, and thou shalt know the spiritual life! | TOR.211, VLAB.117 | attaining the life of the spirit; human reality created in the image of God; knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0411 | Words spoken in 1911 | 610 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy | In this monajotte that we have just listened to... Strive day and night and do whatever is possible that perchance you may wake | SW_v08#02 p.028, ADP.055-058 | call to action; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; transcending the material condition; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1638 | Words spoken in 1911 in London | 190 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | These are wonderful days! We see an Eastern guest received with love and courtesy in the West. | AIL.058, SW_v02#19 p.003-004 | East and West; communication between East and West; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; stories; anecdotes; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1581 | Words spoken in 1912 | 200 | The Mashrak-el-Azkar will be like a beautiful bouquet. The central lofty edifice will have nine sides | SW_v05#05 p.067 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1952 | Words spoken in 1912 | 150 | Consider the times of the past: Regard for instance the days of His Holiness Christ and days subsequent thereto. | SW_v03#13 p.016 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2525 | Words spoken in 1912 | 90 | The sword has been working over six thousand years and has become dull. We must look about us for another sword | SW_v03#16 p.009 | love of God; material and spiritual existence; two books; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2959 | Words spoken in 1912 in London | 60 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | No, it will come about gradually. A plant that grows too quickly lasts but a short time. | COC#1607x, AIL.106 | growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2952 | Words spoken in 1912 in Paris | 60 | For this is the Radiant Century, the time when deeds must take the place of words. Blessed is that soul which does not attach itself to transient conditions | SAS.108-109 | consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0435 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 590 | All who stand up in the cause of God will be persecuted and misunderstood | COC#0308x, SW_v04#05 p.088-089 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; firmness in the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1058 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 300 | I wish to train you until you have no other thought, no other motive, no other wish than service | SW_v04#06 p.104, STAB#107 | power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1059 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 300 | You must become impervious to criticism, unconscious of attack and abuse, nay, rather welcoming persecution | SW_v04#06 p.104-105, STAB#105 | loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1956 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 150 | If a child is left to its own natural proclivities, without education, it will embody all human defects | SW_v04#06 p.105-106, SW_v15#10 p.289.1, SW_v09#07 p.086 | education of children; moral education; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; perfection; imperfection of nature; religion as reality; definitions of religion; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2282 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 110 | The heart of man is a garden. The real garden is in order, well planted, watered and cultivated | SW_v04#06 p.105.1, SW_v15#06 p.157.2 | education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2804 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 70 | Material scientists endeavor to show the evolution of the species man from the monkey | SW_v04#06 p.105.2 | evolution; human evolution; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2865 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 60 | The real materialist is the animal. Compared to the animal, man is but a tyro and novice in materialism | SW_v04#06 p.105.3, SW_v25#11 p.239 | limits of the intellect; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3325 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 30 | In future a manufacturer will not be allowed to leave all his property to his own family. A law will be made something like this | SW_v08#01 p.011 | labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; law of inheritance; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0723 | Words spoken in 1917 | 410 | Why didst thou not tell me about these wonderful things when we were travelling in America? | SW_v10#10 p.202-203 | creation of the world; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3592 | Words spoken in 1921 | 10 | I am so fatigued the hour is come when I must leave everything and take My flight. I am too weary to walk | GPB.310x, PAB.004 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3051 | Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911 | 50 | All art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet | CHH.167-168, BLO_PN#022 | creativity in art; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; music and singing; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1576 | Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 200 | There are three baptisms spoken of by the prophets. The baptisms of water, of Spirit, and of fire. | PN_1899 p009, NRMM.169 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mystical themes; spiritual baptism; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2957 | Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26 | 60 | There are three kinds of visions or dreams. First, those that arise from over-excited nerves, or disordered stomach | SW_v14#07 p.211, PN_1899 p009, NRMM.170 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1806 | Words spoken in Apr. 1913 in Stuttgart | 170 | They are ready to fight for their fatherland. How barbarous it seems to send men, who do not even know each other | DAS.1913-05-23, SW_v04#04 p.072, SW_v07#16 p.157 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; light and darkness; spiritual warfare; struggle; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the concourse on high; the power of words; of speech; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2534 | Words spoken in Aug. 1912 in Green Acre | 90 | Every one is giving an account of his religion and statements of his religion, the history of his religion. But there is no investigation of the realities. | SW_v16#04 p.486-487 | independent investigation of truth; reality; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2531 | Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh | 90 | Sacrifice of life is of two kinds. To be killed for the cause is not so difficult as to live for it in absolute obedience to the commands of God. | SW_v08#06 p.065, SW_v07#12 p.116 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3434 | Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh | 30 | When in America I repeatedly said that no one must believe one word said by another regarding any commands | SW_v11#14 p.243 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0334 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 700 | Existence contains two worlds, one of matter and the other of spirit. There are two stations for man | PN_1900_heh p016, PN_1900 p088 | Manifestation of God as sun; miracles and their interpretation; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Seal of the Prophets; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0569 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 490 | The East and the West are united together. The contingent world is in two great divisions -- the physical and the mental | PN_1900_heh p020, PN_1900 p094 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; growth of the Cause; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0960 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 320 | I will explain the station of mankind. When we say man, we mean one endowed with all the attributes... Man has three powers... The Holy Spirit (in its completeness) is given only to the prophets; the people can possess but the rays of the Holy Spirit. | SW_v08#08 p.098x, PN_1900 p092-093 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; development of capacity and readiness; man's distinction from the animal; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1184 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 270 | Husseyn, son of Fatima, is expected with twelve Imams. Moses is expected by the Jews to return as the Messiah. | PN_1900 p104 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; reincarnation; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - |
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