Miracles in Religion:
A Study of the miraculous in
religion in context of the Bahá'í Faith
Anil Sarwal
Royale Publishers
Lucknow
© 1996, Anil Sarwal
All rights reserved
First Impression November 1996
2,000 copies
Approved by:
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India
Published by Royale Publishers, Lucknow
Printed in India
at Printart Offset, Lucknow
CONTENTS
page
PREFACE 1
1 PURPOSE OF RELIGION 4
2 MIRACLES OF GODS AND GODDESSES 10
3 IDOL WORSHIP 14
4 MIRACLES AND PROPHETS 20
5 DO MIRACLES HAPPEN? 26
6 EXPERIENCES OF THE HIMALAYAN MASTERS 31
7 BAHA'U'LLAH'S ADVICE TO GODMEN 35
8 INDIAN REFORMERS ON MYTHOLOGY 46
9 BUDDHA ON MIRACLES 53
10 MIRACLES IN THE BIBLE 58
11 MUHAMMAD'S VIEWS ON MIRACLES 63
12 GURU NANAK AND MIRACLES 70
13 MIRACLES IN THE BAHA'I FAITH 73
14 SPIRITUAL HEALING AND ETERNAL LIFE 78
15 MIRACLES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 82
16 SUPERNATURAL IN MAN 87
17 TAMPERING WITH PSYCHIC FORCES 91
18 COMMUNICATING WITH GOD 97
Prayer 98
Meditation 104
Fasting 112
19 THE GREATEST MIRACLE OF ALL 114
NOTES AND REFERENCES 117