... but it is probable that for the Divine it was not painful and he did it willingly, with all the joy of self-giving. I knew Abdul Baha very well, the successor of Baha Ullah, founder of the Bahai religion; Abdul Baha was his son. He was born in prison and lived in prison till he was forty, I believe. When he came out of prison his father was dead and he began Page 315 to preach his father's... called "sacrifice", it was a very joyful gift of their life.... He always spoke to me of someone who was, it appears, a very great poet and who had been arrested as a heretic because he followed the Bahai religion. They wanted to take him away to kill him—or burn or hang or crucify him, I don't know what, the manner of death in vogue at the time—and, because he expressed his faith and said he would be happy ...
... exceeds it. To illustrate her remark, the great narrater opened her granary and pulled out a grain for us. "I knew Abdul Baha a lot. He was the successor to Baha-Ullah, the founder of the Bahai religion. Abdul Baha was his son; born in prison, he lived in prison up to the age of forty, I think. When he came out of prison, his father was dead and he began preaching his father's religion. He recounted... their persecution beggars all description. "He always spoke to me," Mother continued, "about a person who was a great poet it seems, and who was arrested as a heretic because he followed the Bahai religion. They took him away to kill him —burn him or hang him or crucify him, I don't quite know, the kind of death in fashion then. And as he gave voice to his faith and said that he would gladly suffer ...
... at her feet in loving self-surrender. In connection with prominent spiritual figures I have heard the Mother speak at first-hand only the Abdul Baha, son of Baha-ullah, founder of the Bahai religion. She knew him intimately in Paris and some notes of hers regard him as a truly God-realised leader, though he never drew complete adherence from her and she refused to commit herself to any ...
... Words of Long Ago The Mother and Abdul Baha I knew Abdul Baha very well, the successor of Baha Ullah, founder of the Bahai religion; Abdul Baha was his son. He was born in prison and lived in prison till he was forty, I believe. When he came out of prison his father was dead and he began to preach his father's religion.... 1 He was the son ...
... Éternelles. 1911-13 Associates with several related groups of seekers, one of which is the Union de Pensée Feminine. Meets Abdul Baha (son and successor of Baha Ullah, the founder of the Bahai religion) 'who by his presence alone transmits spirituality'. Gives talks to his followers but declines to take responsibility for them 'as I did not myself accept the beliefs of his sect'. 1911-12 ...
... sequence of spiritual phenomena is as real as Nature's physical laws, and concerns us as intimately. In 1911 Mirra first met Abdul Baha31, the son and successor of Baha Ullah founder of the Bahai religion. Page 40 Abdul Baha had spent 40 years, from the age of 24 to 64, confined in and around the 'prison city' of Akko (Acre) in palestine. 32 He informed Mirra that when the early ...
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