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Blessed is the Spot Video

Uplifting animated video for children based on the prayer by Baha’u'llah, Blessed is the Spot.

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Children’s Coloring Pages

kindness-animals-thumbPrintable letter-size coloring pages for children. One is about “Showing Loving-Kindness to All Creatures” and another about “Praying for your Parents”.

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Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at ‘Desire’

"Material things that we want or desire are not usually a path to happiness," says Tierney Sutton in the liner notes to her latest album, "Desire." Tierney Sutton, whose previous two albums each won Grammy nominations, says she has wanted for years to do a record challenging the modern tendency to exalt material wealth and self-gratification over humanity’s higher, spiritual nature.LOS ANGELES — Tierney Sutton is hardly alone among jazz vocalists in trying to bring a spiritual dimension to her music. But lining up jazz standards with the sacred writings of the Baha’i Faith takes the idea a step further, says Britain’s Daily Express in a review of her new album. The disc, called “Desire,” [...]

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How the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette came to be

BahaTaking several decades to build, the Baha’i House of Worship opened its doors in 1953 to people of all religions, races and creeds. Over 250,000 people visit the Temple each year.

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Being a Baha’i: Daily Prayers and Meditation

Maggie WilkinAn important part of the spiritual practice of members of the Baha’i Faith is daily prayer and meditation. Maggie Wilkins, a Baha’i in Highland Park, Illinois, knew that saying prayers was key in her spiritual development, but found the Baha’i prayers “next-to impossible” to learn because …

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Reflections on the Fast

BahaOne individual shares her experience with the Fast and the insights that come from it.

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Is the Baha’i Faith a cult?

The BahaFar from being a cult, the Baha’i Faith proclaims the oneness of all religions, that all come from the same Divine Source. The Baha’i Faith is the latest chapter in an eternal unfolding divine plan.

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