Baha'i Talks, Messages and Articles

New York - 29 August 2000 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen. Over a century ago,...

Among the apostles of modern science and liberty of thought, a prominent place belongs to Michele Lessona, an Italian, whose sincere and c...

“O people of the world! Build ye houses of worship throughout the lands in the name of Him Who is the Lord of all religions. Make them as ...

Thornton Chase In the month of June, 1894, a gentleman in Chicago desired to study Sanskrit, in order to further pursue his search into ...

Let us then, affectionate brothers and sisters, ponder for a while upon the underlying reason that had made God’s divine Messengers prefer a...

[Please note: some headings were added to the transcript to further encourage readership] Friends, it's such a pleasure to be here w...

(Adapted from the address of Dr. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani to the Baha’i International Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 3 September 1982) Across ...

[Transcript of a talk on July 27, 1997, at the Foundation Hall of the House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois] 1997 marks the centen...

[Excerpts from two letters by Dr. Susan Moody describing conditions of women, medical work, bravery of Baha’is, school for girls, and pl...

The divine power, in its fullness, penetrates the universe at all times, but each existent being shows for this power only to its own deg...

The Baha’i Cause now encircling the world is a movement for unity of religions, universal peace and a universal language. Its founders, the...

Anniversaries are an invitation to take stock, to review where we have come from. The hope is that we can secure a vantage point from whi...

This is a wonderful opportunity to say something to the dear Persian Baha'is as we approach the hundredth anniversary of the Ascensio...

[Transcribed from video tape at Hawaii Summer School 1984, from a question asked] “The practice of indiscriminate kissing and embracing...

“Take heed, O people, lest ye be of them that give good counsel to others but forget to follow it themselves.” (Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings fro...

Misunderstanding about the reality of the station of Christ has caused great difficulties among Christians for over nineteen centuries. It ...

The Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha are the fruit of more than half a century of prolific labour from His early twenties to the seventy-eighth a...

Question: How can we teach values to children? Mr. Furutan considered this a very important subject. He clarified the question by say...

Address at the Fifth Session of the Baha’i Congress Hotel Mealpin, New York City April 28th, 1919 (Stenographically reported) B...

The body lies crushed into a well, with rocks over it, somewhere near the center of Tihran. Buildings have gone up around it, and traffic p...

It is said in Scripture and Tradition that at the time of the birth or announcement of every Messenger of God, a star or a sign appears in...

The year 2013 marks the hundredth anniversary of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá’s return to the Holy Land from His historic trip to Egypt and the West. He l...

What is the meaning of the Resurrection of His Holiness Jesus the Christ? It is written that after three days He rose from the dead. How ...

From an older day we hear there was a time when God walked with men. That ancient belief is now a faded rose that has lost its glory, but i...

The Baha'i concept of God is that of a Supreme Being - of course, the language of man is inadequate to describe this great reality th...