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Tag "Meditation" details:

tag name: Meditation type: Practices
web link: Meditation
references: www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/importance-prayer-meditation-devotional-attitude
related tags: Spirituality
referring tags: Concentration; Prayer; Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Reflection; Yoga

"Meditation" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (52 results; expand)

  1. Rodney H. Clarken. Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness (1997). — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
  2. Moojan Momen. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions (1995). — Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways ...
  3. Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  4. Moojan Momen. Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions (1995). — Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
  5. Dawn Staudt. Creating Environments that Enhance Spirituality (2003). — The teachings and laws of the Baha’i Faith are for spiritual advancement of both the individual an...
  6. Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
  7. Justice Hagan. Desert Enlightenment: Prophets and Prophecy in American Science Fiction (2013). — On the pivotal role in the development of the central characters the narratives of the novel Dune, t...
  8. Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Devotional Gatherings, Selected Guidance concerning (n.d.). — Structure and character of devotional practices.
  9. Universal House of Justice. Diacritics; meaning of "Self-subsisting" (1993-01-21). — Two disparate topics: the translation style adopted by the Guardian and other considerations related...
  10. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Mabel Hyde Paine, comp. Divine Art of Living, The (1944/2006). — Collection of thematically arranged quotations.
  11. Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani. Elucidation of the Meaning of The Greatest Name (1945?). — Explanation of "The Greatest Name," with words of Abdu'l-Baha, as copied by May Maxwell. Source and ...
  12. May Maxwell, comp. Elucidation of the Meaning of the Greatest Name by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mirza Abu'l Fadl (n.d.). — 2-page summary of the meanings and prayerful use of the word Baha (glory, splendour, light).
  13. Ismael Velasco. Entering into Obligatory Prayer: Introduction and Commentary (2006). — Overview of Baha'i prayer, its historical background, and a detailed commentary on the preamble to t...
  14. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones (2018-05). — A selection of writings prepared by the International Teaching Centre for the Continental Counsellor...
  15. George Townshend. Heart of the Gospel: The Bible and the Bahá'í Faith (1939). — Using only the text of the Bible, Townshend provides a new reading of Scripture as a guidebook for t...
  16. Lesley Shams. Insistent Self, The: How to Nurture Our Spirit (2015). — The nature of our ego and the effort needed to prevent this lower nature taking over and hindering o...
  17. Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
  18. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  19. Universal House of Justice. Love for God and Bahá'u'lláh (1978-05-25). — Response to a Baha'i individual's concern about not feeling sufficient love for God and Baha'u'llah ...
  20. Felicity Rawlings. Maharishi Ayurveda: A Bahá'í Exploration (1992). — Some of the therapeutic strategies of Maharishi Ayurveda and how they correspond to the Baha’i wri...
  21. Felicity Rawlings (published as Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei). Maharishi Ayurveda: A Bahá'í Exploration (2001). — Some of the therapeutic strategies of Maharishi Ayurveda and comparative assessment to the Baha’i ...
  22. Peter J. Khan. Meditation (1979-11). — A short summary of the Baha’i approach to meditation and its relevance to peace and intuition.
  23. Paul Friedman. Meditation and Health (2001). — [needs abstract]
  24. Universal House of Justice. Meditation, Prayer, and Spiritualization (1983-09-01). — Practicing personal spirituality and methods for achieving spiritual growth.
  25. Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
  26. Anil Sarwal. Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith (1996-11). — Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters,...
  27. Farnaz Ma'sumian. Mysticism and the Bahá'í Faith (1995 Spring). — An examination of the Baha'i Faith's relation to mysticism and mystic themes and ideas present in th...
  28. Howard Colby Ives. Ocean of His Utterances, The (1963/1977). — Unpublished study course in the Revelation of Baha'u'llah using the books of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l‑B...
  29. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1999-2000). — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
  30. Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1937 (1937). — Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvem...
  31. Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Universal House of Justice, comp. Prayer and Devotional Life (2019-02). — A compilation to assist Baha'is in a time when, as the House says in its cover letter, "devotional a...
  32. William S. Hatcher. Prayer and Meditation (2003-10-26). — Talk at the Baha'i Center in St. Petersburg.
  33. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Prayer and Meditation: Warwick Leaflets (1990/2009).
  34. Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar: Authorised Translation of Bahá'u'lláh's Prayers for Jináb-i-Samandarí (2007). — Authorised translation of a prayer for decision making.
  35. Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí) (2001-08-29). — Brief prayer revealed by Baha'u'llah to aid in making decisions. Translation and accompanying lette...
  36. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Báb, The. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of (1991).
  37. Bahá'u'lláh. Prayers and Meditations (1988 [1938]).
  38. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif (2008). — A tablet of Baha'u'llah to one of the Babis to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; i...
  39. Ruhiyyih Khanum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
  40. William Sears. Remember Bill Sears: musical meditations (n.d.). — Four musical pieces accompanying selections from the speeches of Sears.
  41. Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
  42. Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
  43. Pritam Singh. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The (1942). — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
  44. Báb, The. Habib Taherzadeh, trans, Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Selections from the Writings of the Báb (1982).
  45. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Silences of God, The: A Meditation (2014). — While the Word of God dominated the history of religion, contemporaries question the orthodoxy of la...
  46. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Some Themes and Images in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1976-04-21). — Exploring the relationship between the Creative Word, particularly its expression in language, and t...
  47. Universal House of Justice. Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for (1983-09-01). — Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality,...
  48. Anil Sarwal. Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith (2001). — Summary historical connections between the two communities.
  49. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands. Tree of Life, The: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community (1993). — Compilations for a spiritualization and teaching campaign on prayer and meditation, how to be like t...
  50. Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017-09-18). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
  51. Robert Stockman. Worship (1995).
  52. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Yoga (2015-01). — Four quotations from the House on the practice of hatha yoga.

2.   from the Chronology (3 results; expand)

  1. 1938-00-00 — The publication of Prayers and Meditations of Baha'u'llah. [P&M; Collins1.100] It c...
  2. 1980-03-01 — Publication by the Universal House of Justice of the compilation on ...
  3. 2019-02-28 — The Universal House of Justice announced the publication of a compilation of extracts on prayer and ...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (1 result)

  1. 1983-09-01 — In a message addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of Norway the Universal House of Justice i...
 
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