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Unity of Mankind

  A group of Baha’i youth, from a diverse range of countries, serving as volunteer staff at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel, 2004. © Bahá’í International Community The second principle of...

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Unity of Religion

The third principle of Baha’u’llah is: Religion should be the Cause of Love and Affection. Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth, give birth...

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Unity of Science and Religion

The fourth principle of Baha’u’llah is: The Unity of Religion and Science. We may think of science as one wing and religion as the other; a bird needs two wings for flight, one alone would be useless....

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Elimination of Prejudice

The fifth principle of Baha’u’llah is: Prejudices of Religion, Race or Sect destroy the foundation of Humanity. All the divisions in the world, hatred, war and bloodshed, are caused by one or other of...

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Eliminate Extremes of Wealth & Poverty

The sixth principle of Baha’u’llah is: Equal opportunity of the means of Existence. Every human being has the right to live; they have a right to rest, and to a certain amount of well-being. As a rich...

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Equality Before the Law

The seventh principle of Baha’u’llah is: Congressional briefing on international justice The Equality of Men — equality before the Law. The Law must reign, and not the individual; thus will the world...

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Universal Peace

The United Nations is a step towards peace. The eighth principle of Baha’u’llah is: Universal Peace. A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of every nation, where members...

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Religion is for Spiritual Progress

The ninth principle of Baha’u’llah is: That Religion should not concern itself with Political Questions. Religion is concerned with things of the spirit, politics with things of the world. Religion has...

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Women Have Equal Rights

The tenth principle of Baha’u’llah is: Education and Instruction of Women. Women have equal rights with men upon earth; in religion and society they are a very important element. As long as women are...

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Spiritual Development

The eleventh principle of Baha’u’llah is: The Power of the Holy Spirit, by which alone Spiritual Development is achieved. It is only by the breath of the Holy Spirit that spiritual development can come...

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Blessed is the Spot Video

Childrens Activities » Children’s Classes » Children’s Classes FAQ » Animated Video » Children’s Coloring Pages Blessed is the Spot Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and...

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O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit

O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a...

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Bahá’ís Honor Jesus Christ

Bahá’ís believe in the Sonship and Divinity of Jesus, and revere Him.  Baha’u’llah glorified Jesus and His Divine mission: “…when the hour of the Revelation of Jesus drew nigh, a few of the Magi,...

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Trustworthiness

“We ask God graciously to grant that all may evince such fairness of character, such goodliness of deed and kindliness of word as will meet with His good pleasure. It hath been decreed that the...

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The Betterment of the World

“We have counseled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities as are conducive to the elevation of man’s...

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God and the Divine Teachers

“To every discerning and illuminated heart it is evident that God, the unknowable Essence, the Divine Being, is immensely exalted beyond every human attribute, such as corporeal existence, ascent and...

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The Purpose of Religion

“The Great Being saith: O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster...

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Bahá’í Prayers for Healing

O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by the splendors of the Daystar of Thy grace, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants, and by the pervasive power of...

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Bahá’í Prayers for Assistance

Dispel my grief by Thy bounty and Thy generosity, O God, my God, and banish mine anguish through Thy sovereignty and Thy might. Thou seest me, O my God, with my face set towards Thee at a time when...

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What is real unity?

“The unity which is productive of unlimited results is first a unity of mankind which recognizes that all are sheltered beneath the overshadowing glory of the All-Glorious, that all are servants of...

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