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November 26, 2010

Prejudices “arising from adherence to religious forms and imitation of ancestral beliefs have hindered the progress of humanity thousands of years.”

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21 April 1912 Talk at Universalist Church Thirteenth and L Streets, Washington, D.C. Notes by Joseph H. Hannen The doctrines and creed...
November 24, 2010

The “love which has blended the Orient and Occident” is “through the power of the Holy Spirit” brought to humanity by Baha’u’llah. It will gradually “enchain the world” causing an “evolution in civilization unparalleled in the history of the world”

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21 April 1912 Talk at Studio Hall 1219 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. Notes by Joseph H. Hannen I have come here to visit you. W...
November 7, 2010

“The West has always received spiritual enlightenment from the East”

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October 23rd, 1912, Paris When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy. When a man has...
November 5, 2010

“Music … has a great effect upon the human spirit.”

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Music is one of the important arts. It has a great effect upon the human spirit. Musical melodies are a certain something which prove to be ...
October 28, 2010

Interviews with ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Haifa

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Some Questions and Answers. Written shortly after the interviews with ‘Abdu'l-Baha, from notes taken at the time, by Charles Mason Remey...
October 24, 2010

Mount Carmel was physically visited by “all the prophets” – many times by Elijah and Christ, twice by Muhammad.

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"The gathering of the friends is very good. In one month's time it will be very fresh and green here. This wilderness is where Baha...
October 11, 2010

May “American and Persian nations …be conjoined and united in reciprocal love”

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20 April 1912 Talk at Orient-Occident-Unity Conference Public Library Hall, Washington, D.C. Notes by Joseph H. Hannen Tonight I am mo...
October 7, 2010

‘Abdu’l-Baha counsels Baha’is of Chicago before He left their city

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Sunday, May 5, 1912 As it was the last day of the Master’s stay [in Chicago], there was much commotion among the friends visiting the Mast...
September 27, 2010

The station of the poor

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19 April 1912 Talk at Bowery Mission 227 Bowery, New York (From Stenographic Notes) Tonight I am very happy, for I have come here to ...
September 6, 2010

"Our desire is for spirituality and for union with God"; We must "give to all hearts the love of God"

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         September 13th, 1911 Discourse at Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper's, London, England Thanks be to God, this is a good meeting. It...
September 2, 2010

Human beings are “the highest specialized organism of visible creation”; scientific knowledge and attainment are the “most noble and praiseworthy accomplishment of man”; the “faculty of intellectual investigation” is conferred by God to every human being; the “most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity”

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      19 April 1912 Talk at Earl Hall Columbia University, New York (From Stenographic Notes) If we look with a perceiving eye upon ...
August 14, 2010

As the sun is to the body of a man so is the Sun of Truth [Prophets/Manifestations of God] to his soul

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Paris, France, October 22nd, 1911 It is a lovely day, the sun shines brightly upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures. T...
August 10, 2010

Interview between ‘Abdu’l-Baha and a San Francisco Newspaper Reporter, October 3, 1912

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(From the Diary of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab) Correspondent: Are you pleased with the United States? ‘Abdu’l-Baha: The continent of America is...
July 23, 2010

Soul, Mind and Spirit

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J anuary 30, 1913, at 30 rue St. Didier, Paris From Persian notes; translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab One of the ladies present has asked m...
July 21, 2010

Religion is the “greatest bestowal of God in the world of humanity”

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Talk at Temple Emmanu-El 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California Notes by Bijou Straun The greatest bestowal of God in the world o...
July 15, 2010

Baha’u’llah and the history of the Baha’i Revelation

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18 April 1912 Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Emery 273 West Ninetieth Street, New York Notes by Miss Dixon Tonight I wish to...
June 19, 2010

The Pitiful Causes of War and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace

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Paris, October 21st, 1912 I hope you are all happy and well. I am not happy, but very sad. The news of the Battle of Benghazi grieves my h...
June 10, 2010

Divinity, the Divine Sovereignty, the Manifestations of God & Our very dependence on the Manifestations of God

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An Address by Abdul-Baha at the Theosophical Society, 2228 Broadway, New York City, December 4, 1912 (Taken stenographically by Miss Esthe...
June 3, 2010

Whenever this world becomes dark and divided, God sends one of His Holy Messengers

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London, at Miss E.J. Rosenberg’s unity meeting September 8th, 1911 Praise be to God, that such a meeting of purity and steadfastness is b...