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'Abdu'l-Baha writes :- Bahai temple Chicago     " When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were eagerly awaiting his coming, and prayed every day, with tears, saying: 'O God, hasten the Revelation of the Messiah,' yet when the Sun of Truth dawned, they denied Him and rose against Him with the great enmity, and eventually crucified that divine Spirit, the word of God, and named Him Beelzebub, the evil one, as is recorded in the Gospel. The reason for this was that they said: 'The Revelation of Christ, according to the clear text of the Torah, will be attested by certain signs, and so long as these signs have not appeared, whoso layeth claim to be a Messiah is an impostor. Among these signs is this, that the Messiah should come from an unknown place, yet we all know this man's house in Nazareth, and can any good things come out of Nazareth? The second sign is that He shall rule with a rod of iron, that is, He must act with the swor

Lotus temple at Delhi     Baha'u'llah declared, plainly and repeatedly, that He was the long-expected educator and teacher of all peoples, the channel of a wondrous Grace that would transcend all previous outpourings, in which all previous forms of religion would become merged, as rivers merge in ocean. He laid a foundation which affords a firm basis for Unity throughout the whole world and the inauguration of that glorious age of peace on earth, goodwill among men, of which prophets have told and poets sung.          Search after truth, the oneness of mankind, unity of religions, of races, of nations, of East and West, the reconciliation of religion and science, the eradication of prejudices and superstitions, the equality of men and women, the establishment of justice and righteousness, the setting up of a supreme international tribunal, the unification of languages, the compulsory diffusion of knowledge - these, and many other teachings like these, were revealed by th

Shrine of Baha'u'llah     What is the cause of sudden awakening throughout the world? Baha'is believe that it is due to the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit through the Prophet Baha'u'llah, who was born in Persia in 1817 and passed away in the Holy Land in 1892.     Baha'u'llah taught that the Prophet, or "Manifestation of God," is the Light-bringer of the spiritual world, as the sun is the light-bringer of the natural world. Just as the material sun shines over the earth and causes the growth and development of material organisms, so also, through the Divine Manifestation, the Sun of Truth shines upon the world of heart and soul, and educates the thoughts, morals and characters of men. And just as the rays of the natural sun have an influence which penetrates into the darkest and shadiest corners of the world, giving warmth and life even to creatures that have never seen the sun itself, so also, the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit through

'ABDU'L-BAHA     That the world, during the 19th and the early part of the 20th centuries, * has been passing through the death pangs of an old era and the birth pangs of a new, is evident to all. The old principles of materialism and self-interest, the old sectarian and patriotic prejudices and animosities, are perishing , discredited, amidst the ruins they have wrought, and in all lands we see signs of a new spirit of faith, of brotherhood, of internationalism, that is bursting the old bonds and overrunning the old boundaries. Revolutionary changes of unprecedented magnitude have been occurring in every department of human life. The old era is not yet dead. It is engaged in a life and death struggle with the new. Evils there are in plenty, gigantic and formidable, but they are being exposed, investigated, challenged and attacked with new vigour and hope. Clouds there are in plenty, vast and threatening, but the light is breaking through, and is illumining the path of p

The Greatest Event in History.        "The promised One of all the peoples of the world hath appeared. All peoples and communities have been expecting a Revelation, and He,  Baha'u'llah , is the foremost teacher and educator of all mankind." -  'ABDU'L-BAHA .      If we study the story of the "ascent of man" as recorded in the pages of history, it becomes evident that the leading factor in human progress is the advent, from time to time, of men who pass beyond the accepted ideas of their day and become the discoverers and revealers of truths hitherto unknown among mankind. The inventor, the pioneer, the genius, the prophet - these are the men on whom the transformation of the world primarily depends. As  Carlyle  says:      "The plain truth, very plain, we think, is, that ... One that has a higher Wisdom, a hitherto unknown spiritual Truth in him, is stronger, not than ten men that have it not, nor than ten thousand, but than a

Cover page of the book                                                  INTRODUCTION     This is a writing which I have borrowed from an early introductory books on Baha'i Faith by Dr. J. E. Esslemont (Indian edition of 1978 by Baha'i Publishing Trust). I gladly express my gratitude towards this personality for choosing to write such a great evidence on the present Baha'i faith and its fact. This book greatly deepen ones heart and mind to uphold a strong base of life and to fore-seek the unity of world as the magnet of attraction.     During the time of 1914 there were no means to unfurl the motive of faith. Only conversation with friends, few pamphlets can serve as a channel of transmission. Dr. Esslemont came to know from friends who had met 'Abdu'l-Baha ("the servant of Baha" - elder son of Baha'u'llah), and then he was first acquainted with the Baha'i teachings. He said, " They impressed me as meeting the great needs