Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi: A Study of the Religion of the Babis, Or Behaʹis Founded by the Persian Bab and by His Successors, Beha Ullah and Abbas EffendiG. P. Putnam's sons, 1903 - 259 pages |
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Abbas Effendi Adrianople Akka animal appear asked attained Bábí Babis Baghdad barracks become Beha Ullah Behá'í Beha'is Behá'u'lláh believers Blessed Perfection brother cause character Christ Christian Constantinople death Dervish desire Divine Messengers doctrines E. G. BROWNE earth essence eternal evil evolution Existence Ezel's faith father followers friends give given Governor Haifa happiness heard heart heaven herents highest Holy Spirit human Jesus light live lover Manifestation mankind marriage matter means ment mind mirror mother Muhammadan mujtahids nature ness pass perceiving soul Persia Phelps philosophy poor prison qualities reach reason reflect regard religion religious replied Royal Asiatic Society sent servant shine Son of Spirit speak Subh i Ezel sufferings Sultan Sun of Reality tablet teacher teachings Teheran thee things thou mayest thought thyself tion told Traveller's Narrative truth vegetable verily Wisdom wish words
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Page 252 - And he lets his mind pervade one quarter of the world with thoughts of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, and so the second, and so the third, and so the fourth. And thus the whole wide world, above, below, around, and everywhere, does he continue to pervade with heart of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, far-reaching, grown great, and beyond measure.
Page 83 - The face of him on whom I gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it. Those piercing eyes seemed to read one's very soul ; power and authority sat on that ample brow ; while the deep lines on the forehead and face implied an age which the jet-black hair and beard flowing down in indistinguishable luxuriance almost to the waist seemed to belie.
Page 84 - We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the nations; yet they deem us a stirrer-up of strife and sedition worthy of bondage and banishment. . . . That all nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled...
Page 84 - ... diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled — what harm is there in this? . . . Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the Most Great Peace shall come . . . Do not you in Europe need this also?
Page 84 - Is not this that which Christ foretold? . . . Yet do we see your kings and rulers lavishing their treasures more freely on means for the destruction of the human race than on that which would conduce to the happiness of mankind . . . These strifes and this bloodshed and discord must cease, and all men be as one kindred and one family. . . . Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind.
Page 83 - Though I dimly suspected whither I was going and "whom I was to behold (for no distinct intimation had been given to me), a second or two elapsed ere, with a throb of wonder and awe, I became definitely conscious that the room was not untenanted. In the corner where the divan met the wall sat a wondrous and venerable figure, crowned with a felt head-dress of the kind called...
Page 12 - A tall, strongly built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black locks reaching almost to the shoulder, broad powerful forehead, indicating a strong intellect, combined with an unswerving will, eyes keen as a hawk's, and strongly marked but pleasing features — such was my first impression of 'Abbas Effendi, "The Master" ('Agha) as he par excellence is called by the Babis.
Page xi - Babi missionaries, as contrasted with the almost complete failure of their own. "How is it," they say, "that the Christian doctrine, the highest and the noblest which the world has ever known, though supported by all the resources of Western civilization, can only count its converts in Muhammadan lands by twos and threes, while Babiism can reckon them by thousands?" The answer, to my mind, is plain as the sun at midday. Western Christianity, save in the rarest cases, is more Western than Christian,...
Page 12 - Muhammadans, could, I should think, scarcely be found even amongst the eloquent, ready, and subtle race to which he belongs. These qualities, combined with a bearing at once majestic and genial, made me cease to wonder at the influence and esteem which he enjoyed even beyond the circle of his father's followers. About the greatness of this man and his power no one who had seen him could entertain a doubt.
Page 10 - The Master bade him rise, and they became friends. This Master is as simple as his soul is great. He claims nothing for himself —neither comfort, nor honor, nor repose. Three or four hours of sleep suffice him; all the remainder of his time and all his strength are given to the succor of those who suffer, in spirit or in body. "I am," he says, "the servant of God.