Tablet of Wisdom: dimensions of a life of wisdom
In the Tablet of Wisdom we have already seen an exploration of the harmony of science and religion. This article seeks to explore some of …
Bahaullah’s Writings
The Prophet and the Philosophers
Bahá’u’lláh does an unusual (perhaps unique) thing for a prophet – he writes about philosophers and philosophy. There may be a precedent somewhere in human …
The Universal House of Justice and an ever changing world
The writings of Bahá’u’lláh are a very considerable religious corpus. Yet within those writings Bahá’u’lláh provides for the guidance and unfoldment of the Baha’i community …
The Word of God
Words are in some sense like seeds. They germinate as thoughts in the minds of readers or hearers. The exact form that the thought takes …
The Kitab-i-Aqdas: A New Paradigm
The term “paradigm” is used in a way now familiar in everyday speech – such as in the phrase “a new paradigm” or “paradigm shift”. …
The Kitab-i-Aqdas: A Spiritual Life
In previous articles, we have considered what we mean by law, and we have looked at the process of law reform in the context of …
Bahá’u’lláh as Law Reformer
Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings, like the teachings of all prophets, arise in a particular time and place in history. The language used is conditioned by the language …
Czar Alexander II – Living in a Tomb
Much of Bahá’u’lláh’s letter to Czar Alexander II is concerned with proclaiming Bahá’u’lláh’s mission and calling on the Czar to respond to it. But one …
Bahá’u’lláh’s Second Letter to Napoleon III: A New Way of Life
Bahá’u’lláh’s second letter announcing to Napoleon III his mission, is multilayered. It was written not long after Bahá’u’lláh arrived in the prison city of Akka. …