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

  54. Address by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá at the Friends’ Meeting House, St. Martin’s Lane, London, W.C.
  55. Prayer
  56. Evil
  57. The Progress of the Soul
  58. The Four Kinds of Love
  59. Tablet Revealed by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá