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- Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21730
Re: Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palest
I think you are speaking of this letter of Shoghi Effendi: http://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_ ... _palestine (also cited in the previous thread).
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:16 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34552
Re: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) o
Cross-referencing with our multilinear Baha'i Bible , I see: * Zechariah 8:22: a sole pilgrim's note attributed to Shoghi Effendi at http://bahai-library.com/moffett_pilgrims_notes . * Isaiah 2:2-4: a number of references, including God Passes By (apparently), a letter from the Universal House of Ju...
- Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Babism and Polygamy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 25882
Re: Babism and Polygamy
The French translation of the Bayan does not appear to make mention of it (searching for "femme", "bigamie", "polygamie"), nor do I see anything within Selections from the Writings of the Bab , and as per pp. 24 -25 of God Passes By, the Bayan is one of the few works of...
- Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Well, please do feel free to share quotations you have collected by subject online, such as at http://bahai9.com . As a Counselor advised Helen Hornby with her collection which became "Lights of Guidance", we should not be selfish with our Baha'i creations!
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:33 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) or
- Replies: 4
- Views: 34552
Re: Israel must become more inclusive (?) cooperative (?) o
There is a similar, but perhaps more positively worded statement within an article on pp. 195-196 of Star of the West, volume 10, issue 10, p. 195 : ...I went to him curious as to his views of the future of Palestine, but he seemed more eager to talk of a matter of world importance—the league of nat...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 74967
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
I really think it is important for the friends interested in this issue to consider the Universal House of Justice letter which responded to its contents: http://bahai-library.com/uhj_women_uhj These passages certainly give women a great deal to contemplate as per what is really meant in writings ab...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 74967
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
Yes, though I think I'd put it such that His words always meant the Universal House of Justice only, but at that time He stated it in such a way that the believers might interpret it as a reference to the Local House of Justice. Another similar case or progressive unfolding of the laws within the di...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine True
- Replies: 18
- Views: 74967
Re: Women on the UHJ and Abdu'l-Baha's letters to Corrine Tr
Hello and welcome, Emma! Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice are the only definitive sources after Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha on matters pertaining to the Faith, so yes, the passage is indeed only about the Universal House of Justice. :) However, the document at http://bahai-library....
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:54 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
It is very good to have your participation here. I'm afraid that, as you say, the spirit of Covenant-breaking has infected certain forums, sometimes made worse by what I feel are excessive accommodations afforded by otherwise well-meaning Baha'is (though sometimes the opposite may occur, with discus...
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Reference in The Onion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27866
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:54 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Yes, I agree with you regarding the need to inquire, and I think this quote covers that sentiment nicely: " He does not ask us to follow Him blindly ; as He says in one of His Tablets, God has endowed man with a mind to operate as a torchlight and guide him to the truth. Read His Words, conside...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
"According to the teaching of the Prophets, disease and all other forms of calamity are due to disobedience to the Divine Commands. Even disasters due to floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes are attributed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá indirectly to this cause." Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era / Esselmont W...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:44 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Let me just give a quick reply for now on one aspect of divine chastisement which is hard to accept, yet again is not indicating direct culpability of all involved in such mysterious calamities: "Islám, at once the progenitor and persecutor of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, is, if we read aright the...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:20 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
I'm sorry for a delay in reply, but I have a condition which sometimes interferes with my ability to respond in a timely manner, especially where it is not a clear-cut matter or on emotionally charged subjects. I think it is easy to forget that the audience of the Baha'i Writings is not just those w...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:19 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Perhaps this may be of interest: http://bahai9.com/wiki/Suffering
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:00 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
Again, I think it's very important not to suggest that most disasters are divine-sent punishment. That position is not taken in the Baha'i Writings from anything I have seen (and it would be ridiculous). And again, even among those which are meant to instruct humanity, it doesn't mean the victims ar...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
As a letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi indicates: "God judges each soul on its own merits." (On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, 26 March 1950) Even if God may permit destruction that brings casualties, it is not that all (if any) of those facing the suffering are themselves being punished, or e...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
As far as the quotation mark, I believe it is meant to indicate that it is also the explicit text within the Book of Revelation of the Bible. As far as natural disasters, in a book partially reviewed by 'Abdu'l-Baha and approved and recommended by Shoghi Effendi, Baha'u'llah and the New Era, pp. 95-...
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:02 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
- Replies: 22
- Views: 83912
Re: In Shíráz an “earthquake" July 1850
According to this converter , 1268 A.H. is 1851 or 1852. Per http://books.google.com/books?id=1JkfKub5vakC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=earthquake+shiraz+1851&source=bl&ots=VClnrlHwvw&sig=bMcj1nqZ2SbxGvgpQCIajNw2F3A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6p3CU5GVHKy-sQTtn4LYCA&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg#...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:53 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Obligatory prayers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28640
Re: Obligatory prayers
I am not aware of any details on this and assume they would have been published with the Aqdas if so. FYI, the Qur'an mentions washing of the feet (as well as elbows) in addition to the hands and face, but this is not indicated as a part of the Baha'i prayers which forms its own law.
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:57 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Kitab-i-Aqdas in the West
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25647
Re: Kitab-i-Aqdas in the West
Links to the documents are collected here: http://www.bahai9.com/wiki/Laws_not_pre ... n_the_West
i.e.,
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_laws_not_binding (1974)
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_further_application_aqdas (1999)
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_applicability_laws_aqdas (2001)
i.e.,
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_laws_not_binding (1974)
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_further_application_aqdas (1999)
* http://bahai-library.com/uhj_applicability_laws_aqdas (2001)
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Obligatory prayers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28640
Re: Obligatory prayers
2. Is it acceptable to offer more than one of the three in a day? For example both the long and the short. I think permission for this is implied by this: 86. QUESTION: At noon, which is the time for two of the Obligatory Prayers--the short midday prayer, and the prayer to be offered in the morning...
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:24 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Obligatory prayers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 28640
Re: Obligatory prayers
1. is there a particular form ablutions take for spiritual cleansing? Although as per http://bahai9.com/wiki/Ablutions#Ablutions_have_a_significance_beyond_washing , ablutions are indicated as having significance beyond mere washing, I haven't seen anything addressing their use outside of the presc...
- Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:03 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Tablet of Visitation be read facing Qiblih
- Replies: 3
- Views: 33258
Re: Tablet of Visitation be read facing Qiblih
Hi Huang Ran, "Nothing has been found in the Bahá'í Writings requiring the friends to stand and face the Qiblih whenever the Tablets of Visitation are recited. No issue should be made of this matter when a Holy Day observance is being held. However, when one is actually in, or within the precin...
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:44 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: prayer for the Hands of Cause of God
- Replies: 3
- Views: 31517
Re: prayer for the Hands of Cause of God
On the other hand, I do recall, that "hand of the Cause", in lower-case, may have been used in a sense not specific to the officially appointed Hands, but I can't be sure of this, and don't have a citation for it.
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:42 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: prayer for the Hands of Cause of God
- Replies: 3
- Views: 31517
Re: prayer for the Hands of Cause of God
Interesting question... I don't know of any quotations that would directly answer this, but while the Hands of the Cause and Counsellors both belong to the "learned" of Baha with shared responsibilities, the Universal House of Justice did mention not being able to appoint more Hands ("...
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:47 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'i Administration
- Replies: 1
- Views: 24302
Re: Baha'i Administration
Hi jenniferatemple, It is definitely the case that Assembly members only have authority as individual members. However, I think a measure of respect for rank is indicated at http://bahai9.com/wiki/Rank#Proper_functioning_of_human_society_requires_preservation_of_ranks_and_classes.2C_but_not_to_be_ex...
- Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Husbands responsible for family's finances...?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 43311
Re: Husbands responsible for family's finances...?
One person feels that the quotations above indicate that, if a man isn't financially secure or doesn't have a job, then he shouldn't get married until he can afford to have a wife and family, whom he is obligated to support. The following is not from the point of view of male vs. female roles, but ...
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Husbands responsible for family's finances...?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 43311
Re: Husbands responsible for family's finances...?
"responsible for" has, as I believe, a very different connotation than the "responsibility to do something" covered by the quotations. The former implies control, and none of the quotations hint at that whatsoever. The context of the second quotation you cited (or its even fuller...
- Sat May 31, 2014 9:40 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: God told me about baha'i
- Replies: 5
- Views: 36687
Re: God told me about baha'i
Hello and welcome, Burdalla! No, there is nothing wrong at all about sharing your experiences. The Baha'i Writings would also confirm this possibility, stating as they do, "That truth is often imparted through dreams no one who is familiar with history, especially religious history, can doubt.&...
- Sat May 24, 2014 12:17 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Joshua
- Replies: 1
- Views: 22446
Re: Joshua
Hi Jennifer, I've set up a page at http://bahai9.com/wiki/Joshua_%28person%29 with the quotations in the Writings that I could find with a quick search. My impression is that the battles were surely symbolic, just as the miracles of Moses appear to be interpreted that way (for some example arguments...
- Mon May 19, 2014 5:17 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Sunrise/Dawn/Sunset-based reminder app
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21122
Re: Sunrise/Dawn/Sunset-based reminder app
Oh, and although the app/site has to be loaded for the reminders to appear, it is using a special feature in HTML5 which allows notifications to show up even if you are not in the program.
- Mon May 19, 2014 3:31 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Sunrise/Dawn/Sunset-based reminder app
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21122
Sunrise/Dawn/Sunset-based reminder app
Hi all, Wanted to announce a simple web app which lets you define one-time or daily reminders for events which are relative to either the current time or to astronomical events such as dawn, sunrise, or sunset. One could use the app therefore to give oneself reminders, for example, before or after t...
- Thu May 08, 2014 8:00 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Is God’s “inmost Essence” manifest?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 37511
Re: Is God’s “inmost Essence” manifest?
My interest is not for you to have short posts but for you to consider supporting the wikis where I think this information would be most useful. We could use your contributions there too!
- Thu May 08, 2014 4:39 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Is God’s “inmost Essence” manifest?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 37511
Re: Is God’s “inmost Essence” manifest?
Iranpour, may I respectfully suggest you consider putting such efforts as these as wiki contributions on sites such as http://bahaikipedia.org , or, if you are limiting yourself to quotations with explanatory headings, at http://bahai9.com ? Unless someone is already asking a question, or if you are...
- Tue May 06, 2014 11:31 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Star of the West
- Replies: 33
- Views: 204471
Re: Star of the West
For anyone watching this thread, there is an announcement at viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5355 about volumes 1-12 now being proofed.
- Tue May 06, 2014 11:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Star of the West proofed through Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha
- Replies: 0
- Views: 39536
Star of the West proofed through Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha
Hi all, Just a heads up that Star of the West has been proofed (to varying degrees/standards) up through volume 12, thereby covering just a little beyond the end of the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Besides covering the early history of the Faith in the West, the Star of the West, has a great deal of Ta...
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:44 am
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: The calculation of 1335 years
- Replies: 2
- Views: 24149
Re: The calculation of 1335 years
Have you seen this letter? http://bahai-library.com/uhj_prophecy_daniel_esslemont ...which includes this quote: The 1335 days referred to by Daniel will be fulfilled in 1963. The date of the Hijra is 622 A.D. The 1335 days is figured according to the solar calendar, but in adjusting the 1335 days, o...
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18681
Re: Read 8 Other Books for every Baha'i Book
I have heard this (with the number varying by each account, e.g., to 10 or 20), and heard first-hand accounts of Hands of the Cause repeating this, but I know of no authentic text (nor even pilgrim's note) to this effect. In this compilation , there are some quotations on the importance of a number ...
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Great quote of 'Abdu'l-Baha on partisanship
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14711
Re: Great quote of 'Abdu'l-Baha on partisanship
I had been jumping around and hadn't noticed that the Star of the West mentioned this was, as with the Promulgation talk, also from the Hotel Plaza in Chicago.
- Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:03 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Great quote of 'Abdu'l-Baha on partisanship
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14711
Great quote of 'Abdu'l-Baha on partisanship
Just came across and had to share this great quote on the ineffectiveness of (partisan) democratic debate: "In this Cause the question of consultation is of the greatest importance. But the spiritual consultation, not physical consultation. In France I visited the Senate, the Parliament. I did ...
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 26868
Re: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
My pleasure. Btw, I see that the second half of the quote I mentioned (beginning with "The Balkans...") is published in Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, so there is an authenticated Tablet containing the bulk of the quote (in section 202).
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:13 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 26868
Re: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
While in general, I think that is correct, I think it is even more inclusive than that. 'Abdu'l-Baha was full of praise for the peace advocates regardless of their Faith, in fact at one point stating that His purpose for His visit to the U.S. was something to the effect of encouraging the peace move...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 26868
Re: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas Sends Letter to Andrew Carnegie
It must be "pacific" as in "peaceful in character or intent" and without indication of any political party. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá makes clear elsewhere that: "Our party is God's party; we do not belong to any party." ('Abdu'l-Baha, cited in letter from the Universal House of Jus...
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Schizophrenia and serving in Institutions of the Faith
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30575
Re: Schizophrenia and serving in Institutions of the Faith
Mental illness varies along a spectrum (including "borderline personality disorder" which has been seen as a step before mental illness). Even with a definitive diagnosis, as MontanaDon was suggesting, I don't think the Writings would be so unequivocal as to treat people with even such rec...
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:18 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: What is everyone doing for the Ayyam-i-ha period?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16645
Re: What is everyone doing for the Ayyam-i-ha period?
Sorry for the late reply, BB... This was a fairly uneventful one on my end, but last year we enjoyed a get-together with the kids... Hope everyone is enjoying the Fast now...
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:41 pm
- Forum: Bahá'í Writings
- Topic: Meaning of "His Chosen Ones"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 28759
Re: Meaning of "His Chosen Ones"
In Bahai Writings, what's the difference between "the Chosen Ones (of God)" and "the chosen ones (of God)"[not capitalized]? Some say the former refers to the Manifestations and Holy Ones like Ali and 'Abdu'l-Baha, while the later refers to the ordinary true believers. Is it cor...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Shia Muslim attacking the faith at bahaiforums.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 24678
Re: Shia Muslim attacking the faith at bahaiforums.com
Just a small note on "light upon light"... Maybe your purpose was just to inform the original poster, but I just wanted to point out the Baha'i Writings use this phrase in contexts which do not necessarily refer to Baha'u'llah: "If, however, the child be trained to be both learned and...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22939
Re: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
Sorry, I haven't read the other thread yet to know your background on this question, but have you asked your National Spiritual Assembly? As perhaps the reason you are asking, it would be good to know this for the sake of others in the future as well, and since things have not only changed since the...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:24 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22939
Re: Writings about ID cards, please, I missed them some how
Hi Jennifer, They have been used in North America (probably more so in earlier times) to ensure that those attending Baha'i Feasts and claiming to be Baha'is are indeed Baha'is, as the administrative portion of a Feast (if held in full) is restricted to Baha'is (I recall a quotation about it being t...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:09 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Need obscure historical details
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19646
Re: Need obscure historical details
Not sure about the disciples, but as far as Tahirih, according to the Dawn-Breakers, p. 628 , there is a footnote (no. 1) after the words "On the third day after her martyrdom" which gives a date of "August, 1852". Since the attempt on the Shah's life was, per footnote 2 of p. 59...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Equality of Men and Women in the Bab's Writings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 19316
Re: Equality of Men and Women in the Bab's Writings
As far as the Bayan, I looked through what I believe is a complete French translation of the Bayan at http://www.bahai-biblio.org/centre-doc/saint/bayan/bayan-arabe2.htm for all occurrences of "femme" (and then cross-checked with a Google translation of the passages of interest) and did no...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Children of Baha'u'llah
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18345
Re: Children of Baha'u'llah
As I recall, Adib Taherzadeh's, "Covenant of Baha'u'llah" might have some details on family such as this. Off topic, there is an interesting interchange with 'Abdu'l-Baha speaking to a lady who had lost her daughter and where He reveals that He lost a son at four years old: http://en.bahai...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Qur'an and women's rights
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18898
Re: Qur'an and women's rights
I see some cite this as evidence: "O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will." (Qur'an, 4:19 ). I don't know though whether this is just prohibiting the familial inheritance as spoken of by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Some Answered Questions, Chapter 7 ) or any kind of imp...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:57 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in 1963
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45423
Re: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in
One other point as far as Hands on National Spiritual Assemblies: earlier there was this message on behalf of Shoghi Effendi: ...he does not feel in this stage in the development of the Faith and the Institution of the Hands, that the Hands should request to not be elected on National Bodies, or res...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:31 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Ridvan message 2013
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18888
Re: Ridvan message 2013
And the message is now online at http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_2013 along with the other earlier messages at http://bahai-library.com/UHJ-documents
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:58 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Poetry Lives!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 53585
Re: Poetry Lives!
Ok, now Louise Waite's "The Greatest Name" is marked up for notation and MIDI play-back: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Bre ... eatestName as with her piece, "The Temple Song" at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Bre ... TempleSong .
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:24 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Poetry Lives!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 53585
Re: Poetry Lives!
The following may be of interest to those wishing to see old music notation discoverable and playable online (such as the Greatest Name hymn). I recently came across some music notation (in Star of the West, vol. 1, issue 4, p. 30 with the original page containing the score being in image format at ...
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:43 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Star of the West/Day of the Covenant/Passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13242
Re: Star of the West/Day of the Covenant/Passing of 'Abdu'l-
Issue 18 http://en.bahaitext.org/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_18 ( permanent link ) has now also been added, but the French text (apparently given by a reporter at the time of 'Abdu'l-Baha's funeral), is in rough shape partly because it is hard to read and partly because my French is so limited ...
- Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:01 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Star of the West/Day of the Covenant/Passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13242
Star of the West/Day of the Covenant/Passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha
Just an announcement on this Day of the Covenant, and as possible inspiration for the upcoming 92nd anniversary of the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha, that a round of proofreading (though not formatting) has now been completed on Issue 17 of Volume 12 of Star of the West in which is contained details and...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:42 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Any recommendations or thoughts about birthdays?
- Replies: 2
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Re: Any recommenadtions or thoughts about birthdays?
I have not seen any. 'Abdu'l-Baha did not wish His birthday remembered as it was on the Declaration of the Bab, and Shoghi Effendi did not wish his birthday remembered (WOB, p. 151 ), though both of these cases could be interpreted (as per context as well) as being due to their wish for their respec...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in 1963
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45423
Re: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in
A good number of the Hands of the Cause were still members of National Spiritual Assemblies at the time of the Guardian's death. For example, see "UNANIMOUS PROCLAMATION OF THE 27 HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD" at http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ministry_custodians&chapter=1#28 where many of ...
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:41 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Freenet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27499
Re: Freenet
+1 for Books (for sake of Dawn-Breakers, etc.) or for documents and letters from the House.
- Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in 1963
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45423
Re: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in
Great find! Here's the link: http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ministry_c ... pter=7#406 . It is possible though that since this was before the election that there could have been a cancellation or change in plans for someone or other...
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:42 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in 1963
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45423
Re: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in
Thanks, Don. The listing of NSAs as of 1963 is at http://bahai-library.com/handscause_sta ... 1953-63#23 (and is the same list as that you sent--this is public record rather than something sensitive, so I see no issue making mention of it). But again, there are no individual names there.
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:11 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in 1963
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45423
Re: Which NSA members elected the first House of Justice in
The only attempt I've seen to do this has been at the individual pages linked from http://bahaikipedia.org/Portal:Contents#National_Spiritual_Assemblies . But, taking the U.S. page, as an example, not all of the data seems to be found in the explicit references, so it may be hard to find confirming ...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Poetry Lives!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 53585
Re: Poetry Lives!
I'd guess that there would probably be ways around the searching problem unless the data were stored as images (and even then it could be OCRd back)...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:10 pm
- Forum: About Baha'i Library
- Topic: Freenet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27499
Re: Freenet
"A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with marvellous swiftness and perfect regularity."
(Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Baha'u'llah, 203)
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:57 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Baha'i teachings re withholding sex in marriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30281
Re: Baha'i teachings re withholding sex in marriage
Hello njoy, Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Certainly the moral and often most constructive thing to do is to focus on what one can do. But there can also be a need for justice. While you are right that it should of course not be enforced, justice can also come from a recognized authority (in t...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Affirmative action
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14662
Re: Affirmative action
Also, I've started a wiki page on this topic at http://bahai9.com/wiki/Affirmative_action