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Paris Talks

Paris Talks · ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá · 412 words

Paris Talks

Addresses Given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in 1911

  • Part One

    1. The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners
    2. The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action
    3. God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing
    4. The Need for Union between the Peoples of the East and West
    5. God Comprehends All; He Cannot Be Comprehended
    6. The Pitiful Causes of War, and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace
    7. The Sun of Truth
    8. The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West
    9. The Universal Love
    10. The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
    11. God’s Greatest Gift to Man
    12. The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth
    13. Religious Prejudices
    14. The Benefits of God to Man
    15. Beauty and Harmony in Diversity
    16. The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ
    17. The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man
    18. The Two Natures in Man
    19. Material and Spiritual Progress
    20. The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul
    21. The Spiritual Meetings in Paris
    22. The Two Kinds of Light
    23. Spiritual Aspiration in the West
    24. Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris
    25. Bahá’u’lláh
    26. Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action
    27. The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire
    28. Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”
    29. The Evolution of the Spirit
    30. The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
    31. Concerning Body, Soul and Spirit
    32. The Bahá’ís Must Work with Heart and Soul to Bring About a Better Condition in the World
    33. On Calumny
    34. There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality
    35. Pain and Sorrow
    36. The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues
    37. The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races
    38. We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers
    39. Words Spoken by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in Pastor Wagner’s Church (Foyer de l’Ame) in Paris

  • Part Two

    1. Eleven Principles
    2. Theosophical Society, Paris
    3. The First Principle—Search after Truth
    4. The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind
    5. The Third Principle—Love and Affection
    6. The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science
    7. The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices
    8. The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence
    9. The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men
    10. The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace
    11. The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics
    12. The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex
    13. The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit
    14. This Great and Glorious Cause
    15. The Last Meeting

  • Part Three

    1. Address by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá at the Friends’ Meeting House, St. Martin’s Lane, London, W.C.
    2. Prayer
    3. Evil
    4. The Progress of the Soul
    5. The Four Kinds of Love
    6. Tablet Revealed by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá