Below is a list of all previously recorded presentations.
Tahirih has been inspiring writers, human rights activists, and artists for generations. Now a new book about the Persian poet and champion of women’s rights examines her life and her links with suffragettes in the West and pays tribute to her legacy. Tahirih’s shameful murder itself gave her an opportunity to express her hopeful spirit. […]
Read MoreIn the figure of `Abdu’l-Bahá we can look to the world outside and follow a living, historical, ‘perfect Exemplar’, this “…most perfect bounty… sent…down in the form of a human temple.” Images of perfection are distilled in one man. We can observe and marvel at this ‘Orb of the beauty of the great’. `Abdu’l-Bahá embodied, […]
Read MoreTreading the spiritual life with practical feet is about, exploring the mystical and practical application of being a Bahá’í, a personal perspective. One of the things I always loved about the Bahá’í Faith is the way it relies on the community in support of an individual’s spiritual life. Here are ordinary people who have taken […]
Read MoreRoy Cochran Wilhelm (September 17, 1875 – December 20, 1951) was a prominent early American Bahá’í who was posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi.He was a millionaire businessman in New York City, and head of the family coffee company. His mother, Laurie, became a Bahá’í in 1898, but Roy […]
Read MoreNonprofit Mission: Full-Circle Learning (FCL) provides professional development for educators, to help young people embrace their role as society’s humanitarians and change agents. Serving learners and learning leaders globally since 1992. The founder says: “We create change through global integrated education. If the world feels more peaceful, if everyone can eat, if communities survive climate […]
Read More– About the Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Germany and Austria – Some new findings on Prof. Forel and the Bahá’í Faith
Read MoreThe collective purpose of man, according to Bahá’u’lláh, is to “carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.” [1] But the purpose of the individual is to know and worship God. Prayer is one of the greatest means for attaining that purpose. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá taught that “Prayer is conversation with God ” and went on to explain that we […]
Read MoreThe essential teachings of the Religion of God are referred to in a number of passages of the Baha’i writings and utterances, many of which will be cited in this document. Separate studies are devoted to a)the two kinds of teachings of the Religion of God; b)the secondary teachings of that Religion; c)the human teachings […]
Read MoreEileen will present Part 2 of her presentation on the prophet Ezekiel. She will focus on Ezekiel’s depiction of Gog and Magog from three points of view: Ezekiel’s presentation; evangelical Christian belief; and the Bahá’í perspective. The ancient narrative will be fleshed out with information from scholars of the Bahá’í Writings, the Book of Revelation, […]
Read MoreWhat is the temple of man? It is our divine inheritance. Our ultimate destiny is to fulfill its potential. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote, “This supreme emblem of God stands first in the order of creation and first in rank, taking precedence over all created things. Witness to it is the Holy Tradition, ‘Before all else, God created […]
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