Compilation on Peace by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

About this eBook

Author

Universal House of Justice

Title

Compilation on Peace

Language

English

LoC Class

BP: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs

Subject

Peace -- Religious aspects -- Bahai Faith

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19268

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19268

Release Date

September 16, 2006

Copyright

Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

1. 1.Baha'i Terms of Use — Contents — EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
2. 2.1: This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favours have been poured...
3. 3.2: God’s purpose in sending His Prophets unto men is twofold. The first is to...
4. 4.3: O ye that dwell on earth! The distinguishing feature that marketh the...
5. 5.4: The Great Being, wishing to reveal the prerequisites of the peace and...
6. 6.5: O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have ye clouded the radiance of the...
7. 7.6: The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless...
8. 8.7: We pray God—exalted be His glory—and cherish the hope that He may...
9. 9.8: The sixth Glad-Tidings is the establishment of the Lesser Peace, details...
10. 10.9: ... In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to...
11. 11.10: First: It is incumbent upon the ministers of the House of Justice to...
12. 12.11: In the abundance of Our grace and loving-kindness We have revealed specially...
13. 13.12: ... They that are possessed of wealth and invested with authority and...
14. 14.13: We have enjoined upon all mankind to establish the Most Great Peace—the...
15. 15.14: The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is...
16. 16.15: Our hope is that the world’s religious leaders and the rulers thereof will...
17. 17.16: Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which... — EXTRACTS FROM THE UTTERANCES OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
18. 18.17: ... Praise be to God that thou hast attained!... Thou hast come to see a... — EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
19. 19.18: Know thou that all the powers combined have not the power to establish...
20. 20.19: Rest thou assured that in this era of the spirit, the Kingdom of Peace will...
21. 21.20: So long as these prejudices [religious, racial, national, political] survive,...
22. 22.21: At present universal peace is a matter of great importance, but unity of...
23. 23.22: True civilization will unfurl its banner in the midmost heart of the world...
24. 24.23: In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the...
25. 25.24: ...every great Cause in this world of existence findeth visible expression...
26. 26.25: As far as possible, rest thou not for a moment, travel to the North and...
27. 27.26: Chaos and confusion are daily increasing in the world. They will attain... — EXTRACTS FROM THE UTTERANCES OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
28. 28.27: Today the world of humanity is in need of international unity and...
29. 29.28: We will pray that the ensign of international peace may be uplifted and that...
30. 30.29: Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the...
31. 31.30: ...because I find the American nation so capable of achievement and this...
32. 32.31: In past ages humanity has been defective and inefficient because it has been...
33. 33.32: All of us know that international peace is good, that it is conducive to human...
34. 34.33: This has come to pass. The powers of earth cannot withstand the...
35. 35.34: The most momentous question of this day is international peace and...
36. 36.35: Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned, and the divine...
37. 37.36: He promulgated the adoption of the same course of education for man and...
38. 38.37: The world is in greatest need of international peace. Until it is...
39. 39.38: I find these two great American nations [the United States and Canada] highly...
40. 40.39: The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female....
41. 41.40: A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of...
42. 42.41: A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of...
43. 43.42: As to the question of disarmament, all nations must disarm at the same...
44. 44.43: Once the Parliament of Man is established and its constituent parts...
45. 45.44: Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although...
46. 46.46: By what process, continued the questioner, will this peace on earth be... — EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF SHOGHI EFFENDI
47. 47.47: Dearly-beloved friends! Humanity, whether viewed in the light of man’s...
48. 48.48: No machinery falling short of the standard inculcated by the Bahá’í...
49. 49.49: The world-shaking ordeal which Bahá’u’lláh, as quoted in the foregoing pages,...
50. 50.50: The world is, in truth, moving on towards its destiny. The...
51. 51.51: The principle of collective security He [Bahá’u’lláh] unreservedly urges;...
52. 52.52: During this Formative Age of the Faith, and in the course of the present...
53. 53.53: The raising of this Edifice will in turn herald the construction, in the... — EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SHOGHI EFFENDI
54. 54.54: The world is in great turmoil, and what is most pathetic is that it has learned...
55. 55.55: Shoghi Effendi wrote his last general letter to the western friends...
56. 56.56: Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated...
57. 57.57: The different nations of the world will never attain peace except after...
58. 58.58: The Guardian has also read with deep interest all the enclosed papers. He...
59. 59.59: Whatever our shortcomings may be, and however formidable the forces of darkness...
60. 60.60: As regards the International Executive referred to by the Guardian in his...
61. 61.61: In connection with your teaching work: what the Guardian wishes you to...
62. 62.62: With reference to your question concerning ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s reference to...
63. 63.63: As regards your teaching work: the Guardian has already advised you to...
64. 64.64: With reference to the question you have asked concerning the time and...
65. 65.65: Though it is premature to try and endeavour to foresee on what basis...
66. 66.66: What ‘Abdu’l-Bahá meant about the women arising for peace is that this is a...
67. 67.67: The Seven Lights of Unity will not necessarily appear in the order given....
68. 68.68: The teachings of Bahá’u’lláh will establish a new way of life for...
69. 69.69: World government will come, but we do not know the date.... — EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
70. 70.70: When Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed His Message to the world in the nineteenth...
71. 71.71: It is true that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá made statements linking the establishment of... — EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
72. 72.72: ...the Bahá’í Faith aims to eliminate all war, including nuclear. The fundamental...
73. 73.73: At the present time, the subject of nuclear disarmament has become very...
74. 74.74: Concerning the transition from the present system of national sovereignty...
75. 75.75: It is true that Bahá’ís are not pacifists since we uphold the use of force in...
76. 76.76: Bahá’u’lláh’s principal mission in appearing at this time in human history — Footnotes

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