Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10
OOL 06 80093Phelps:ABU 2908
ABU 2908•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10
60 words
Question:
What is vanity?
Translation:
Provisional translation
Vanity is a form of egotism, an excessive desire for notice of approval of one's personal appearance or deeds. It is self-conceit and self-hypnotization.
DAS.Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914