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| ABU1961 |
Words spoken ca. 1900 |
150 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake. |
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BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice |
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| ABU2100 |
Words spoken ca. 1900 |
130 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps. |
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BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 |
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| ABU2187 |
Words spoken ca. 1900 |
120 |
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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 |
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BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x |
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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 |
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| ABU0904 |
Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 |
340 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension |
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BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541 |
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Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations |
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| ABU0644 |
Words spoken in Feb. 1918 |
450 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Praise be to God, that the dark ages have passed away and the century of light has come.... The past age was an age of wondrous achievements... Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! That the Sun of Reality hath shone forth! Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! |
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BSC.505 #971x, SW_v10#06 p.111-112+098 |
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| ABU3228 |
Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London |
40 |
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Miracles have frequently obscured the Teachings which the Divine Messenger has brought. The Message is the real miracle. |
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CHH.170, BLO_PN#022 |
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Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| ABU2703 |
Words spoken on 1913-04-06 in Stuttgart |
70 |
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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ابرهای تقالید شمس حقیقت را مستور نموده و انوار تعالیم الهیه را از سطوع باز داشته |
The clouds of blind imitation have obscured the Sun of Truth, and the lights of the divine teachings have been prevented from shining forth |
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BDA2.222 |
MHMD2.286 |
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion |
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| ABU3731 |
Words spoken on 1913-05-22 in Paris |
50 |
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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از هر قبیل هستند نفوسی بهآئی خالصند که مؤمن بجمیع ادیان و موقن بحقیقت اسلامند کسانی هستند |
They [the American Baha'is] are people of every stripe. There are those pure Baha'is who believe in all the divine religions and subscribe to the truth of Islam |
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BDA2.312 |
MHMD2.413 |
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Diversity of thought and belief; Muhammad; Islam |
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| ABU2949 |
Words spoken on 1913-07-08 in Port Said |
60 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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There is a power in this Cause, a mysterious power, far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels |
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DAS.1913-07-08, BSC.304 #622, SW_v07#05 p.034, SW_v11#14 p.243, ABIE.039, BLO_PN#007 |
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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| ABU0128 |
Words spoken on 1914-01-15 |
1090 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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امروز من خیلی میل داشتم که بیایم بالا ولی احوالم طوری بود که مساعدت نکرد هوا |
You are all welcome. How are you? It was my intense desire to come up today and see you... Tonight, I desire to speak to you on a most important subject, which you must engrave on the tablets of your hearts... The Holy, Divine Manifestations are unique and peerless. They are the archetypes of celestial and spiritual virtues in their own age and cycle. |
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AVK4.287cx, MSBH3.476-479x, NJB_v05#09 p.003x |
DAS.1914-01-17, BSC.283 #581x, SW_v05#06 p.081-082x, SW_v09#06 p.082-083x |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Oneness; unity of religion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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| ABU1900 |
Words spoken on 1914-06-18 |
160 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One. |
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DAS.1914-06-18, BSC.438 #796x, SW_v09#10 p.113, SW_v08#04 p.041-042, SW_v14#06 p.166 |
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Importance of prayer; Meditation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer |
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| ABU2326 |
Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09 |
100 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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His holiness Christ came for the promulgation of the law of love; all the prophets were sent… Hast thou love?... |
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DAS.1914-06-09, BSC.454 #832x, SW_v07#17 p.171, SW_v08#11 p.139-140, SW_v09#10 p.110 |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible |
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| ABU1402 |
Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11 |
230 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود |
Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality |
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BDA2.230x |
DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327 |
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Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment |
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| ABU1777 |
Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25 |
170 |
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I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power |
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DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x |
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Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity |
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| ABU2109 |
Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10 |
130 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy. |
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DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096 |
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Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters |
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| ABU0641 |
Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08 |
450 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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و وقتی بمناسبت سئوالات حاضرین فرق مابین مطالب و اقوال انبیا و متصوفین بیان مینمودند ... شخصی پرسید فرق این امر و صوفیه چیست فرمودند من آنرا بیان کردم حضرات صوفیه به دو مقام مومنند مقام حق و مقام خلق |
I have explained the philosophical aspect of this subject. It is this: In Sufism there are only two stations... Do you know in what Day you are living? Do you realize in what Dispensation you are alive? |
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BDA2.174x |
DAS.1913-03-08, BSC.266 #551x, SW_v04#06 p.098x, SW_v06#15 p.118-119x, SW_v13#01 p.006x, SW_v08#14 p.191x, DWN_v3#01 p.002x, MHMD2.219, ADP.038-039x |
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Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| ABU1999 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
140 |
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Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths. |
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BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022 |
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Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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| ABU2521 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
90 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light. |
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BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021 |
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Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty |
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| ABU2535 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
90 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh |
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BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 |
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Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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| ABU1198 |
Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24 |
270 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble |
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DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303 |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship |
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| AB07148 |
Words to George Latimer |
120 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs |
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BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487 |
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Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| ABU1804 |
Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913 |
170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light |
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| ABU0468 |
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 |
560 |
Ten Days in the Light of Akka; Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God |
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BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104 |
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment |
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| ABU3261 |
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 |
40 |
Ten Days in the Light of Akka; Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. |
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COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104 |
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Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology |
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| ABU0185 |
Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914 |
940 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible |
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DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381 |
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Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures |
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| ABU0191 |
Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905 |
930 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Now have we, the beloved of God, gathered together to partake of material and spiritual food... Strive, Strive always that ye may be united... There are two kinds of love... There is something that I especially wish to make you sure of... If you should receive news in America that I have been thrown into the sea |
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BSC.450 #821x, SW_v12#16 p.254x, SW_v08#10 p.134x, PN_1905 p010, PN_1904 p088x, PN_1905 p011x, BSTW#320 |
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Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| ABU1317 |
Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911 |
240 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts |
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BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x |
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Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds |
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| ABU1324 |
Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 |
330 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance |
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BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031 |
T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4] |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| ABU1702 |
Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25 |
180 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Now the time has come when we must part, but the separation is only of our bodies... Another commandment give I unto you! That ye love one another as I love you....Behold a candle and how it gives its light. It weeps its life away, drop by drop, in order to give forth its flame of light. |
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BSC.503 #969x, SW_v08#06 p.065x, SW_v08#12 p.144x, SW_v12#16 p.251+254x, PN_1899 p014x, AEP.041-042, VLAB.012, BLO_PN#031 |
Baha'i World Congress, B. Weber, S. Sunderland |
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Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| AB04609 |
Words to Miss Buckton |
170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. |
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BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356 |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena |
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| ABU0001 |
Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 |
3400 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary |
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امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا |
We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH |
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BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 |
BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 |
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Consultation; Elections; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace |
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MHMD1.120 |
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| ABU0323 |
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 |
710 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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There is reincarnation of matter, and there is reincarnation of spirit. Reincarnation of matter is the process whereby matter is developed or evolved... When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end |
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BSC.434 #789x, AELT.178-183 |
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| ABU0343 |
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 |
690 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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God is Love and Peace. God is Truth. God is Omniscience. God is without beginning and without end. |
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BSC.300 #609, AELT.153-157 |
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Evolution; human evolution; Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Reincarnation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures |
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| ABU0591 |
Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09 |
470 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس |
Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God |
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AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002 |
DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009 |
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Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God |
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