Paris Talks

Paris Talks................................................................................................................................... 1

PART I.................................................................................................................................... 2

THE DUTY OF KINDNESS AND SYMPATHY TOWARDS STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS 2

THE POWER AND VALUE OF TRUE THOUGHT DEPEND UPON ITS MANIFESTATION IN ACTION 2

GOD IS THE GREAT COMPASSIONATE PHYSICIAN WHO ALONE GIVES TRUE HEALING 2

THE NEED FOR UNION BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST AND WEST............ 2

GOD COMPREHENDS ALL: HE CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED.................................. 2

THE PITIFUL CAUSES OF WAR, AND THE DUTY OF EVERYONE TO STRIVE FOR PEACE 2

THE SUN OF TRUTH......................................................................................................... 2

THE LIGHT OF TRUTH IS NOW SHINING UPON THE EAST AND WEST..................... 2

THE UNIVERSAL LOVE.................................................................................................... 2

THE IMPRISONMENT OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ...................................................................... 2

GOD’S GREATEST GIFT TO MAN..................................................................................... 2

THE CLOUDS THAT OBSCURE THE SUN OF TRUTH.................................................... 2

RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES.................................................................................................. 2

THE BENEFITS OF GOD TO MAN.................................................................................... 2

BEAUTY AND HARMONY IN DIVERSITY...................................................................... 2

THE TRUE MEANING OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF CHRIST 2

THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE INTERMEDIARY POWER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN........... 2

THE TWO NATURES IN MAN........................................................................................... 2

MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS......................................................................... 2

THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUL.......................... 2

THE SPIRITUAL MEETINGS IN PARIS............................................................................. 2

THE TWO KINDS OF LIGHT............................................................................................. 2

SPIRITUAL ASPIRATION IN THE WEST.......................................................................... 2

LECTURE GIVEN AT A STUDIO IN PARIS....................................................................... 2

BAHÁ’U’LLÁH.................................................................................................................. 2

GOOD IDEAS MUST BE CARRIED INTO ACTION.......................................................... 2

THE TRUE MEANING OF BAPTISM BY WATER AND FIRE............................................ 2

DISCOURSE AT ‘L’ALLIANCE SPIRITUALISTE’............................................................. 2

THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPIRIT.................................................................................... 2

THE DESIRES AND PRAYERS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ......................................................... 2

CONCERNING BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT........................................................................ 2

THE BAHÁ’ÍS MUST WORK WITH HEART AND SOUL TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER CONDITION IN THE WORLD............................................................................................................................... 2

ON CALUMNY................................................................................................................... 2

THERE CAN BE NO TRUE HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY. 2

PAIN AND SORROW.......................................................................................................... 2

THE PERFECT HUMAN SENTIMENTS AND VIRTUES................................................... 2

THE CRUEL INDIFFERENCE OF PEOPLE TOWARDS THE SUFFERING OF FOREIGN RACES 2

WE MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THE SMALLNESS OF OUR NUMBERS........... 2

WORDS SPOKEN BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IN PASTOR WAGNER’S CHURCH (FOYER DE L’AME) IN PARIS 2

PART II................................................................................................................................... 2

The Eleven Principles out of the Teaching of Bahá’u’lláh, Explained by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris.... 2

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, PARIS.................................................................................... 2

THE FIRST PRINCIPLE—SEARCH AFTER TRUTH......................................................... 2

THE SECOND PRINCIPLE—THE UNITY OF MANKIND................................................ 2

THIRD PRINCIPLE............................................................................................................. 2

FOURTH PRINCIPLE—THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE 2

THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE—THE ABOLITION OF PREJUDICES......................................... 2

THE SIXTH PRINCIPLE—MEANS OF EXISTENCE.......................................................... 2

SEVENTH PRINCIPLE—EQUALITY OF MEN.................................................................. 2

THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE—UNIVERSAL PEACE............................................................ 2

NINTH PRINCIPLE—THE NON-INTERFERENCE OF RELIGION WITH POLITICS....... 2

THE TENTH PRINCIPLE—EQUALITY OF SEX................................................................ 2

THE ELEVENTH PRINCIPLE—THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.............................. 2

4 Avenue de Camöens, Paris, November 28th......................................................................... 2

THE LAST MEETING......................................................................................................... 2

ADDRESS BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ AT THE FRIENDS’ MEETING HOUSE, ST MARTIN’S LANE, LONDON, W.C............................................................................................................................................. 2

PRAYER.............................................................................................................................. 2

EVIL.................................................................................................................................... 2

THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL......................................................................................... 2

THE FOUR KINDS OF LOVE............................................................................................. 2

TABLET REVEALED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ........................................................................ 2