Paris Talks
Paris Talks
by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Edition 1, (September 2006)
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Contents
PART I
THE DUTY OF KINDNESS AND SYMPATHY TOWARDS STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS
THE POWER AND VALUE OF TRUE THOUGHT DEPEND UPON ITS MANIFESTATION IN ACTION
GOD IS THE GREAT COMPASSIONATE PHYSICIAN WHO ALONE GIVES TRUE HEALING
THE NEED FOR UNION BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST AND WEST
GOD COMPREHENDS ALL: HE CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED
THE PITIFUL CAUSES OF WAR, AND THE DUTY OF EVERYONE TO STRIVE FOR PEACE
THE SUN OF TRUTH
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH IS NOW SHINING UPON THE EAST AND WEST
THE UNIVERSAL LOVE
THE IMPRISONMENT OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
GOD’S GREATEST GIFT TO MAN
THE CLOUDS THAT OBSCURE THE SUN OF TRUTH
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES
THE BENEFITS OF GOD TO MAN
BEAUTY AND HARMONY IN DIVERSITY
THE TRUE MEANING OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF CHRIST
THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE INTERMEDIARY POWER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
THE TWO NATURES IN MAN
MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUL
THE SPIRITUAL MEETINGS IN PARIS
THE TWO KINDS OF LIGHT
SPIRITUAL ASPIRATION IN THE WEST
LECTURE GIVEN AT A STUDIO IN PARIS
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
GOOD IDEAS MUST BE CARRIED INTO ACTION
THE TRUE MEANING OF BAPTISM BY WATER AND FIRE
DISCOURSE AT ‘L’ALLIANCE SPIRITUALISTE’
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPIRIT
THE DESIRES AND PRAYERS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
CONCERNING BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT
THE BAHÁ’ÍS MUST WORK WITH HEART AND SOUL TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER CONDITION IN THE WORLD
ON CALUMNY
THERE CAN BE NO TRUE HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY
PAIN AND SORROW
THE PERFECT HUMAN SENTIMENTS AND VIRTUES
THE CRUEL INDIFFERENCE OF PEOPLE TOWARDS THE SUFFERING OF FOREIGN RACES
WE MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THE SMALLNESS OF OUR NUMBERS
WORDS SPOKEN BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IN PASTOR WAGNER’S CHURCH (FOYER DE L’AME) IN PARIS
PART II
The Eleven Principles out of the Teaching of Bahá’u’lláh, Explained by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris.
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, PARIS
THE FIRST PRINCIPLE—SEARCH AFTER TRUTH
THE SECOND PRINCIPLE—THE UNITY OF MANKIND
THIRD PRINCIPLE
FOURTH PRINCIPLE—THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE
THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE—THE ABOLITION OF PREJUDICES
THE SIXTH PRINCIPLE—MEANS OF EXISTENCE
SEVENTH PRINCIPLE—EQUALITY OF MEN
THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE—UNIVERSAL PEACE
NINTH PRINCIPLE—THE NON-INTERFERENCE OF RELIGION WITH POLITICS
THE TENTH PRINCIPLE—EQUALITY OF SEX
THE ELEVENTH PRINCIPLE—THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
4 Avenue de Camöens, Paris, November 28th
THE LAST MEETING
ADDRESS BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ AT THE FRIENDS’ MEETING HOUSE, ST MARTIN’S LANE, LONDON, W.C.
PRAYER
EVIL
THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL
THE FOUR KINDS OF LOVE
TABLET REVEALED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
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