Category Archives: Bahá’í­

Bahji day

By lessan | Published: February 26, 2006

Spent a day at Bahji! Starting at dawn: Yellow flower: Pink flower: Breakfast, including sandwiches by our dear chef Mateen: Visited the Mansion: View from the balcony:

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Walk at night

By lessan | Published: February 22, 2006

Went for a walk. Here’s the bridge over Hanassi: Another view of Hanassi: Then back down in Hillel, there was a really friendly cat (that’s my leg it’s trying to climb up): A view of the Pilgrim House:

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Kith and kin

By lessan | Published: February 11, 2006

I’m still reading “The Mission of Bahá’u’lláh” by George Townshend, as the opportunity arises. One of the articles talks about the letters ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote, providing a nice overview of the themes He covered. I found the following excerpt quite interesting: When asked about problems of human relationships or the life of the home He affirms […]

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Poetry – Rumi

By lessan | Published: February 2, 2006

I’m fascinated by sufi poetry, at least the ones I’ve seen of Attar and Rumi. They portray a very mystical aspect of the love relationship man has with God, using interesting stories and the Persian style of poetry.   The above photo is of the cover page of Attar’s "The Conference of the Birds", but […]

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Twin Holy Days

By lessan | Published: January 31, 2006

There are a number of Bahá’í Holy days, two of them being the Birth of the Báb and the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh.  At the Bahá’í World Center we celebrate these using the lunar calendar, where they always follow each other – hence the "twin" Holy days.  This year they were on 31 January and 1 February. […]

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