Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-06-08

220 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love

Translations (7)

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#061 (p.171)

http://www.bahai.org/r/124368828

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.445 #812

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

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#10 p.014

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_10

SW_v08#10 p.122

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

SW_v13#09 p.231-232

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9

SW_v07#15 p.148

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15

DWN. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWN_v6#05 p.001

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928