Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

30 words

Question:

[Asked if, the fewer material things a man has, the more spiritual he becomes, the Master said:]

Translation:

Provisional translation

Severance is not poverty but freedom of the heart ... When a man's heart is free, and on fire with the love of God

Translations (1)

BW. The Bahá’í World. Yearbook, published intermittently in 34 volumes between 1925-2006. Volumes 1-20 available at https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/periodicals-supplementary-materials/bahai-world/. Volumes 1-34 available at https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_World