The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionExplore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 120
The spirit and attributes of God are the rays of this sun , and the individual
Manifestation is like a perfect mirror . If there are several mirrors all turned toward
the same sun , that unique sun is reflected in each mirror . Yet the individual
mirrors ...
The spirit and attributes of God are the rays of this sun , and the individual
Manifestation is like a perfect mirror . If there are several mirrors all turned toward
the same sun , that unique sun is reflected in each mirror . Yet the individual
mirrors ...
Page 177
Prayer , meditation , fasting during the designated period of the year , abstention
from the use of drugs and alcohol , and the struggle to avoid criticism and
backbiting are the major elements of an explicit pattern of individual discipline .
Prayer , meditation , fasting during the designated period of the year , abstention
from the use of drugs and alcohol , and the struggle to avoid criticism and
backbiting are the major elements of an explicit pattern of individual discipline .
Page 194
The autonomy of the individual is thus conditioned not only by the limitations of
the natural world he or she inhabits , but also by the spiritual universe that
transcends and animates it . Today , the human race is witnessing the dawn of
the age of ...
The autonomy of the individual is thus conditioned not only by the limitations of
the natural world he or she inhabits , but also by the spiritual universe that
transcends and animates it . Today , the human race is witnessing the dawn of
the age of ...
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