Tablet catalog
Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11
OOL 06 10016 Phelps: ABU 0516
ABU 0516•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11
530 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
The proper spirit in which to visit places hallowed by remembrances of Christ... To be a Bahai simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood…. The world in the past has been ruled by force
COMP. Thematic compilations of extracts from the Bahá’í Writings prepared by the Research Department at the Bahá’í World Centre, in translation and/or original texts, but not available at the official Reference Library web site (BRL). Typically only otherwise unsourced excerpts (“From a Tablet”) will be cataloged. Includes COMP_DEFENCE (Defense of the Faith and the Use of Language) and its Persian/Arabic source (COMP_DEFENCEP), and the Persian/Arabic sources for the compilations on the Covenant (COMP_COVP), Family Life (COMP_FAMP), Peace (COMP_PEACEP), Prayer and Devotional Life (COMP_PDLP), Trustworthiness (COMP_TRUSTP), the Universal House of Justice (COMP_CUHJP), and Women (COMP_WOMENP)
COMP_WOMENP#025x
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/compilation_women_originals.pdf
BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/
BRL_WOMEN#025x
http://www.bahai.org/r/073873420
COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3
COC#2116x
Not yet online
LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance
LOG#2079x
http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2079
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#03 p.004-005
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_3
SW_v09#07 p.087
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7
SW_v13#05 p.115
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_5
SW_v19#02 p.052
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_2
VLAB. Honnold, Annamarie. Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 1982. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf
VLAB.084x
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf
BNE. Esslemont, John. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. Standard introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, commissioned by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mult. editions, catalog refers to 1980 pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298
BNE.071x
https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298
BNE.083x
https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298
BNE.149x
https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298
BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/
BLO_PN#002x
https://bahai-library.com/stevens_abbas_effendi