Baha’u’llah’s Will and Testament – the Kitab-i-Ahd
Bahá’u’lláh did something unique in the recorded history of the founders of world religions. He left a will and testament. His will and testament is from …
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Baha’i Music – ladder for the soul
Bahá’u’lláh abolishes religious prohibition of music. Music is a ladder for the soul. Abdu’l Baha explains: Among certain nations of the East, music was considered reprehensible, but …
Higher Learning – Science and Peace
During his journey through North America Abdu’l Baha visited a number of universities. He spoke at Columbia University in New York, Howard University in Washington …
Bahá’u’lláh on Knowledge
How do we know? What does it mean to know? These are deceptively simple but important questions and the answers are by no means straight forward. …
Night Vigil – the Sun of Baha has set
At 3.00 am on 29 May 1892, Bahá’u’lláh left this mortal world. He had lived 75 years. Abdu’l Baha, his eldest son, immediately sent a …
Mona Mahmudnizhad – Speaking Truth to Power
The specific phrase “speaking truth to power” appears to have entered the collective conscious initially among the Quakers. It is in the title of a 1955 …
Balancing Material and Spiritual Civilization
“No matter how far the material world advances, it cannot establish the happiness of mankind. Only when material and spiritual civilization are linked and coordinated …
Weaving the Future from the Threads of the Past
Across the world, the 19th century was a time of dramatic change. From our 21st century vantage point we may perceive it as “old fashioned” …
Words of Love
I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of …