Clearwater Baha'is

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Radiant Reflections: 5 March 2023

The Bahá’í community provides spiritual growth, awareness, and acceptance to all individuals. The Bahá’í community has undertaken great tasks to help spread the teachings of the faith. The Clearwater, community sponsors both community-driven events as well as social activities developed and executed directly from within the Bahá’í community itself. The members of the Clearwater Bahá’í community have a truly unique understanding; that in order to help humanity and to spread Baha’u’llah’s message of oneness and world unity; Bahá’ís in this community must have not only an intimate knowledge of the Bahá’í holy writings but that each individual Bahá’í must take action to show the grandeur and wisdom of those writings to the greater surrounding communities. www.bahai.us www.bahaiteachings.org www.clearwaterbahais.org

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Storytelling Sundays #10: Tahirih Part Two: Persia

Welcome to another Baha'i Explorations, episode #140 Storytelling Sundays is a collaboration between the Clearwater Bahá'ís and Violetta Zein, focusing on stories from the history of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths from the heroic age and early formative age of the Faith. Storytelling Sundays #10 this Sunday 26 February is Part II on on the life of Tahirih in honor of International Women's Day on 8 March 2023! In this talk Violetta will focus on Tahirih’s return to Persia after three years in Iraq and her discovery of the Bábí Faith, we will see her in the home of Bahá’u’lláh, at the conference of Badasht, traveling in Mazindaran for two years, and finally we will look at her imprisonment in Tihran for two years and her martyrdom in August 1852. We will also look at her poetry and her legacy as an epilogue to the thrilling story of her life. ❊❊❊❊❊❊ Contents of this video ❊❊❊❊❊❊ 00:00:00 Welcome 00:02:23 Introduction to the talk 00:05:59 Chapter 7: With Bahá’u’lláh in Tihrán 00:14:19 Chapter 8: The Conference of Badasht 00:28:57 Chapter 9: Imprisonment in Tihrán 00:39:17 Chapter 10: Martyrdom 00:50:27 Chapter 11: Epilogue Part 1: Poet 01:00:20 Chapter 12: Epilogue Part 2: Legacy 01:12:55 Questions and answers, discussion ❊❊❊❊❊❊ Sources for this talk ❊❊❊❊❊❊ [1] ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Memorials of the Faithful, Number 69: Ṭáhirih. [2] ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, Number 9: Ṭáhirih and the Conference of Badasht. [3] Nabíl, The Dawn-Breakers. [4] Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway. [5] Jinab-i-Fadil, The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn [ Tahirih ]. [6] Janet Ruhe-Schoen, Rejoice in my gladness : the life of Táhirih. [7] Moojan Momen, The family and early life of Tahirih Qurrat al-‘Ayn, Baha’i Studies Review 11 (2003) 35–52. [8] Martha Root, Ṭáhirih The Pure. [9] Martha Root, Táhirih's Message to the Modern World, published in Bahá'í World, Vol. 8 [10] Paul Smith, Tahirih: Life & Poems of the Great Female Persian Baha’i Poet & Martyr. [11] Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman, The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and her American contemporaries. [12] Marzieh Gail, The White Silk Dress, published inBahá'í World, Vol. 9 (1940-1944), New York: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1945. [13] Paul Smith, Tahirih: Life and Poems of the Great Female Persian Bahá’í Poet & Martyr. [14] Kurratu’l-‘Ayn (Tahirih) in the Tarikh-i-Jadid / Tarikh Badi Bayani Translated by E G Browne in the New History, p. 270-284. [15] Universal House of Justice (By/On behalf of), Tahirih and Women's Suffrage, published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin, 4:2 1990-01 date of original: 1988/. [16] Amin Banani, Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry, published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 10:1-2, pages 1-10 Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2000. [17] Anthony A. Lee, Ph.D.,Tahirih: A Theology in Poetry, 2016. [18] Susan Stiles Maneck, Táhirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood, Published in the Journal of Bahá’í Studies Vol. 2, number 2 (1989) © Association for Bahá’í Studies 1989. [19] Life of Tahirih by Avirih From Star of the West Set 7 P269 [20] Bradford W. Miller, Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation, published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 8:3, pages 39-52 Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1998. [21] HIstory.com: How Early Church Leaders Downplayed Mary Magdalene's Influence by Calling Her a Whore: https://www.history.com/news/mary-magdalene-jesus-wife-prostitute-saint [22] Baharieh Rouhieh Ma'ani, Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees. [23] Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By. [24] Baha'i Texts for Baha'is and non-Bahais: Fatimih will appear unveiled as the sign of his return: https://bahaitexts.blogspot.com/2021/05/fatimih-will-appear-unveiled-as-sign-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+BahaiTexts+(Baha%27i+Texts)&m=1 [25] H.M. Balyuzi, Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory. [26] Excerpt from Ṭáhirih's writings from Nosratullah Mohammad Hosseini, Ḥaḍrat-i-Ṭáhirih (Dundas, Ontario, Canada: Persian Institute for Baháʼí Studies, 2000), p. 476. Translation by Omid Ghaemmaghami. Provided by Bijan Masumian and Adib Masumian from a forthcoming article to be published in Lights of ‘Irfán entitled Baháʼuʼlláh's Gradual Awareness and Disclosure of His Station before the Síyáh-Chál Experience. [27] Roya Akhavan Ph.D., The Trumpet Blast: Removing the Veil from the Advent of the Promised One. [28] Anthony A. Lee, Ph.D., Tahirih: A Theology in Poetry (2016), http://irfancolloquia.org/137/lee_tahirih [29] Susan Stiles Maneck, Táhirih: A Religious Paradigm of Womanhood, Published in the Journal of Bahá’í Studies Vol. 2, number 2 (1989)https://bahai-library.com/maneck_tahirih_paradigm_womanhood [30] Amin Banani, Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry, Published in the Journal of Bahá’í Studies Vol.10, number 1-2 (2000), https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/banani_tahirih_portrait_poetry.pdf [31] Abbas Amanat, Resurrection and Renewal.

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Natural Beauty Wonder Art with Jason Persoff | Created In The Image of God Episode 35

Episode 35 centers on "Natural Beauty Wonder Art," featuring Jason Persoff, a physician, photography enthusiast, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital. Our discussion will explore the intersection of his art and work and dip a toe into his opinions on recent events in the medical field - inviting him to share his perspectives on how science, technology, and art are helping us to study and perceive the natural world and our society and species in new and different ways.

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A Roadmap for a moral Society: Episode 12

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Can Religions Coexist? With Mekye Abdus Salaam | Created In The Image of God Episode 34

This episode features Mekye Abdus Salaam, creator, and chairman of Interfaithlibrary.com. He is a brilliant and dedicated educator & theologian with over 25 years of theological teaching experience as an Imam and spiritual advisor. His entire life has been about pursuing knowledge and understanding our existence and divine purpose, which lead him to the creation of the InterFaith Library. This site puts forth an unparalleled approach to interfaith dialogue, spiritual learning, and religious studies while affording opportunities for understanding amongst different religions from a traditional and dogmatic point of view. Interfaith Library seeks to soften the tension/discord between religious communities because of ideological differences or misinformation propagated by the media. Since then, it has become an information routing depot, a resource and supply bulletin board, a religious dialogue center, and a central station for all faith-based and non-religious communities to assemble peacefully and learn from one another for the sake of humanity.

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Ezekiel – The Hebrew Prophet Speaks Today, Part 1

This program will focus on the role of how the glory of God, Bahá’u’lláh, was featured in Ezekiel’s prophecies. Eileen is an independent scholar of the Hebrew Bible and the Hebrew prophets. She has written the trilogy The Coming of the Glory: How the Hebrew Scriptures Reveal the Plan of God.

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"Radiant Reflections: A Baha'i Inspired Sunday Morning Devotional"