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Religions and how Baha'is understand their prophecies

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Oct 17, 20222 min read

Religions and how Baha'is understand their prophecies

We all know that many religions have prophecies that they believe have been fulfilled or are yet to be.

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Feb 2, 20193 min read

The Search after Truth

The first principle of the Teaching of Bahá'u'lláh is: The Search after Truth. If a man would succeed in his search after truth, he must,...

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Jan 30, 20195 min read

The Imperative for Moral Education

The case for moral education is made most starkly by asking: Would last century's notorious death camps and campaigns of ethnic or racial...

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Jan 30, 20194 min read

Free Will

Excerpt from Some Answered Questions > Question.--Is man a free agent in all his actions, or is he compelled and constrained?...

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Jan 28, 20192 min read

Commentary on Jesus Christ

Christ came, saying, "I am born of the Holy Spirit." It is now easy for the Christians to believe this assertion but...

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Beyond the Constituency - Seeing Ourselves in the Advancement of All

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Jan 24, 20195 min read

Beyond the Constituency - Seeing Ourselves in the Advancement of All

The body politic has been likened to the human body: its advancement as a whole is best served by the collaborative functioning of its...

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Jan 23, 20196 min read

Beyond Mere Economics

A Moral Inquiry into the Roots of Empowerment Young women from tribal villages in the hill country of Thailand participate in a program...

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Jan 22, 20198 min read

Bahá'í Glossary

A list of commonly used terminology used in Baha'i Faith language and Baha'i writings and a short description of each term. `Abdu'l-Bahá:...

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What is the difference between the mind, spirit and soul?

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Jan 17, 20192 min read

What is the difference between the mind, spirit and soul?

It has been before explained that spirit is universally divided into five categories: the vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, the human...

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A Vision of the Core Concepts of the Arts

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Jan 14, 201920 min read

A Vision of the Core Concepts of the Arts

by Ludwig Tuman Note for this Excerpt: The following is a summary of the essential, primary features of the nature and practice of art,...

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Jan 11, 20194 min read

The Baha'i View on the Soul

The Bahá'í writings affirm that "the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp."

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Science and Technology for Human Advancement

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Jan 9, 20194 min read

Science and Technology for Human Advancement

The Bahá'í Faith has, since its inception over 100 years ago, considered science and technology essential to the full development of the...

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What is a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Baha'i House of Worship

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Jan 7, 20197 min read

What is a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár - Baha'i House of Worship

WATCH > Compilation of all the Bahá’í Temples Blessed is he who directeth his steps towards the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár at the hour of dawn,...

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Jan 7, 20193 min read

Commentary on Moses

Excerpt from Some Answered Questions > Moses was for a long time a shepherd in the wilderness. Regarded outwardly, He was a Man brought...

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Jan 5, 20193 min read

Baha'i view on Loyalty to Government vs Pacifism

When a great social crisis sweeps through a civilization, moral values become impaired and moral issues confused. In the crisis of our...

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Jan 3, 20192 min read

What is the Baha'i Nineteen Day Feast

A Blend of Worship, Fellowship, and Grassroots Democracy The centrepiece of Bahá'í community life is the Nineteen Day Feast. Held once...

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Jan 1, 20196 min read

What do Baha'is Believe?

There has never been a futurist, or prophet whose vision has so accurately foreseen the features of the landscape before humanity.

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Dec 31, 20183 min read

The Universal House of Justice

By the time of Shoghi Effendi's passing in 1957, the Faith had established the necessary broad base of national and Local Spiritual...

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Dec 30, 20182 min read

The National Spiritual Assembly

The same basic rules governing elections and decision-making are followed in the constitution and operation of Bahá'í governing councils...

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Dec 30, 20182 min read

The Local Spiritual Assembly

At its foundation, the Bahá'í administrative order rests on the local Spiritual Assembly, a community governing council elected each...

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Dec 30, 20183 min read

The Bahá'í Administrative Order

Bahá'í communities conduct their business through a distinctive system of freely elected governing councils.

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