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Tag "Purpose of life" details:

tag name: Purpose of life

web link: Purpose_of_life

  type: Principles, teachings

"Purpose of life" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (32 results)

  1. Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  2. Ross Woodman. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review (1994).
  3. Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  4. Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
  5. Harlan Carl Scheffler. Challenge: Helping Our Children Find Meaning and Purpose (2006). — Part one of the book The Quest.
  6. Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). — Difficulties young people might face in upholding Baha'i ideals and standards of behaviour in the co...
  7. William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). — Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Baha'i World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," ...
  8. Keven Brown. Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology (2003).
  9. Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. Divine Therapy: Pearls of Wisdom from the Bahá'í Writings (1986). — Lengthy collection of passages on numerous themes including coping with stress, orientation to the D...
  10. Adib Taherzadeh. Growing in the Bahá'í Faith (1984). — Talk at an Alaskan summer school, covering topics such as the nature of the soul, our purpose, and p...
  11. Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
  12. Ahmad Sohrab. Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...': Extract from the Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (1914-05-09). — Two page excerpt from the diary, dated May 9 1914, responding to these questions: what should Baha'i...
  13. Universal House of Justice. Identity of Man Who Asked "What is the object of life to a Bahá'í?" (2004-11-09). — On the identity of the individual to whom Shoghi Effendi said "The object of life to a Baha’i is t...
  14. Hooper Dunbar. Immortality and the Human Soul: Lecture Series (1989/1990).
  15. Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia, comp. Light and Mercy: Mental Health and Tests and Difficulties (2021). — The physical and mental impact of the continuing pandemic is evident around us, and the members of t...
  16. Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
  17. John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
  18. Holly Hanson. Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence (2001-09-13). — Contemplation of Baha'i responses to the global issues raised by 9/11.
  19. Stanwood Cobb. Meaning of Life, The (1932). — The sole purpose of life, so far as the individual is concerned, is growth through struggle. Not to ...
  20. John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023-07). — Though Baha'i teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical b...
  21. Hossain Danesh. Psychology of Spirituality, The: From Divided Self to Integrated Self (2000). — Explores what is the nature of human reality, the purpose of human life, transcendence, and whether ...
  22. Roshan Danesh. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some (2014). — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
  23. Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
  24. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland and Adib Taherzadeh. Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching (1982). — A three-part collection consisting of a letter from the NSA of Ireland, a letter from Taherzadeh to ...
  25. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
  26. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. To the Bahá'í Youth (n.d.). — [needs abstract]
  27. Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2010-04-02). — Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
  28. Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  29. Suresh Sahadevan. Understanding the Human Condition: Secular and Spiritual Perspectives (2001). — Both materialist and religious paradigms are important for happiness and for informing our decisions...
  30. Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). — 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Baha'i life, life coaching and counselling, ...
  31. Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. What It Is to Be a Bahá'í?: A Letter to the Bahá'í Youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1948). — The object of life to a Baha'i is to promote the oneness of mankind.
  32. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Why Are We Here: Meaning of Life: Warwick Leaflets (2003).
 

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