Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-08-16

2530 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

Every subject presented to a thoughtful audience must be supported by rational proofs.... We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena

Translations (6)

PUP. The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2007. Numbering of talks refers to the version at BRL; page numbers refer to the 1982 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul- baha/promulgation-universal-peace/

PUP#089 (p.253-261)

http://www.bahai.org/r/469251465

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.353 #683

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

FWU. Foundations of World Unity. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979. Talks by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá given in the U.S., superseded (save two items) by PUP. https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU

FWU.086

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v03#16 p.005-009

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_16

SW_v08#10 p.124-125

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1916 p003x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1916.pdf#page=3