If you ask a Baha’i, ‘Why are we here?’ you will prabably hear that humanity’s purpose is to know God and to worship God.
But what if you ask this of an atheist? Here is one famous atheist’s attempt to answer this ultimate question:
Archive for November, 2006
A very interesting short video which includes a lot of rare pictures and vignettes from Abdu’l-Baha’s life:
You’ve probably seen this video on the news or on the internet. And you’ve probably heard the student being described as Middle Easter, or Iranian-American. In fact he is. His name is Mostafa Tabatabainejad.
But what you probably did not know is that he is a Baha’i.
There is still some confusion as to what really happened. He claims that he refused to present his student ID because he felt that he was being singled out because of his appearance. What is not clear is whether he complied with the campus police when they asked him to leave or not, whether he was acting belligerent or not, etc. But after seeing the video, what I clearly doubt is how anyone can be expected to stand up when they are repeatedly tasered!
Here is an interesting video of several devotional gatherings - otherwise known as Mashriq’ul’Adhkar:
If you want to find out more about Mashriq’s:
Exploring the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár by Sen McGlinn
Compilation of Baha’i Writings on the Mashriqu’ul-Adhkar
Alternative spellings: Mashriqu’l-Azkar, Mashriq-ul-Azkar
Let the friends recall and ever bear in mind the repeated exhortations and glowing promises of our beloved Master with reference to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, the crowning institution in every Bahá’í community.
Hmmm… the “crowning institution” in every Baha’i community. I wonder why we don’t hear about this more often?
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