Bahá'u'lláh Essays

In the Islam, Buddhism and Baha’i religion the people all worships different idols in their faith. Islamic people believe in the prophet Muhammad, Buddhist believes in Buddha and the Baha’i people believe in Baha’u’llah. All three of these faiths believe something different and the people they worship also share some similarities and differences. Muhammad, the revealer of God’s will, according to the Muslims was born in Mecca. He was an orphan raised by his uncle and eventually started working

Appendix 1 1. Baha'u'llah (1817-1892): Literally, "the Glory of God." The title by which Mírza Husayn Ali Nuri, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith, is known. He was born on Nov. 12, 1817 to a noble family of Persia (now Iran). He spent His 40-year ministry in prison and in exile. In spite of great hardships and the opposition of the most powerful people in the Islamic world, Baha'u'llah persisted in spreading His message of unity and peace, authored the equivalent of 100 volumes (which form the core

... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth” (Baha’u’llah). This is a quote from Baha’u’llah’s last book, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, in which he dedicated to a Muslim cleric who persecuted the Baha’is. In accordance with the working-class definition of ‘religion’, the Baha’i faith “defines” the term religion as follows: The faith originated on April 22, 1863, after “Baha'u'llah announced to Abdu'l-Baha and other trusted followers that he was the Messiah foretold

Most of us have not had the opportunity to say to a friend, ‘Let me tell you about Baha’u’llah and the Baha’i Faith,’ and hear him [or her] say, ‘I have been waiting for this message all my life. How do I become a Baha’i?’ These words have been heard in Adams Run. About 40 people have become Baha’is since January and more are hearing the

always called her once Homeira and I had our children). I first met Trudy in 1984 when I came to LGI [Louis Gregory Institute] as a homefront pioneer from Los Angeles. She was such an amazing spirit! Totally focused, completely consecrated to Baha’u’llah and always ready to take on any task on His behalf.” “There is one story in particular that I remember and which in many ways really captures Trudy’s essence. We were out and about in the various communities that surrounded Hemmingway teaching

committees on the most effective ways to carry out the twin tasks of teaching and consolidation.” “The plan for consolidation in the mass taught areas is based on the early formation of the Baha’i Local Spiritual Assembly,” the guidelines say. “Baha’u’llah instructed us that when there are nine followers of His Faith an Assembly is to be formed. His instruction does not assume a degree of administrative ability or functioning, any more than creation of a human being assumes any level of intellectual

John Hick cites Bahá'u'lláh as an influential religious leader who adopted pluralism. Bahá'u'lláh led Bahaism, a movement in Islam that believes that there is another prophet after Muhammad, and suggests that pluralism ‘has a more familiar and accepted status in India and further east’. Furthermore, being a

resided there in the early 1940s. In the 1950s, the Local Spiritual Assembly of Baha’i purchased the building. The Baha’i Faith is a monotheistic religion that believes God sent a series of divine educators to earth for the benefit of man and that “Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, explained that the religions of the world come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.” At a time when whites and blacks remained segregated in Nashville, the Baha’i’s

*** Trudy and Lillie Abercrombie were close to the same age and both excellent seamstresses. Lillie says Trudy liked her cooking which seems to be quite understated since we know how Trudy loved good cooking. Lillie was born in Honea Path, S.C. and lives in Greenville, S.C. surrounded by many family members. Lillie and her husband Charles have 8 children, 26 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren, a total of 72 family members and 56 of them are Baha’is. The Abercrombies became a five-generation

Though the warmth he engendered remained, it was with regret that the friends bade farewell to this spiritual stalwart who had, within such a short span of time, transformed the hearts of those with whom he came in contact with the loving Words of Baha’u’llah.” (Based on a report by National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica that was received on Oct. 19, 1970.). Following a weekend conference for Hand of the Cause of God, Mr. Enoch Olinga in Frogmore, South Carolina, the friends gathered at the meeting

III – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – 50’s / 60’s O God, refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge… (A prayer from Baha’i Prayers) In California, Freddy began working for the post office. Trudy was a talented seamstress, who made and altered clothes for different clients, her daughters, other family members and friends. She also did piece work for a large clothing manufacturer at home. Her four children

The best three things the course inspired me are the human nature and transcendence, social capital and justice, and the approaches to solve religious crisis. The issue of morality and human nature has been attracted me since the middle school, when I found the Confucian theory of original goodness of human nature failed to address my questions created in reality, like the cruelty of some crimes in criminals in their young ages. After observing my personal experience, I attributed the motives of

are more inclined to include scientific learning into their religious understanding of the world. In fact, the Baha’i believe that science and religion are intertwined and are in harmony. According to Epistile to the Son of the Wolf on page 26, Bahá’u’lláh says “Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation.” According to Gray box: anthropological perspective on religion, “Religion… provides many important functions.” These include, Cohesion, Social control

‘This,’ said Osiris, ‘is the fate of irremediably base and wicked souls. Their torture ends only with their destruction, which is the loss of all consciousness. But see, the vapors disperse; the seven spheres reappear beneath the firmament! Look this way! Do you see that host of souls trying to climb back into the lunar region? Some are pushed down to earth like flocks of birds in the blast of the storm. With a great stirring of wings others reach the higher sphere which draws them into its revolving