Honouring Teachers
After immediate family, and the closest of friends, the most important people in our lives are often ours teachers. How much we are indebted to …
200th anniversary articles
Tahirih – Herald of the Emancipation of Women
Two hundred years ago, virtually everywhere in the world, women lived in subjugation to men. It was a world so different to our own that …
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, like Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, is collection of the writings of Baha’u’llah translated into English in 1978. It improved the …
Investigate the Truth – Yourself
One of the principles of Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings is the independent investigation of truth. That we should know for ourselves – not through the knowledge of …
What does it mean to be a Baha’i?
There is no single model of course – every Baha’i has their own story – which implies a multiplicity of ways of responding to Bahá’u’lláh’s …
On Becoming Good
One day I was having a conversation with someone, and they asked a question. The question, which was a very insightful one – and genuinely …
A Different Kind of Power
Lust for power, or an addiction to it, once acquired, or the endless contest for power, is at the heart of much human suffering. Baha’u’llah …
A Mystic Journey – The Seven Valleys
Written for a judge and Sufi Shaykh, the Seven Valleys is described by Shoghi Effendi as Bahá’u’lláh’s greatest mystical work. The Seven Valleys is not …
Shoghi Effendi – A Transcendent Life
Shoghi Effendi served as Guardian of the Baha’i Faith from 1921-1957. As we have already seen, it was not a role he envisaged undertaking. It …