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TWENTY TOPICS Quotes from the Sacred Writings of the World's Religions on
Essential
Religious Subjects
1. ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE
BAHA'I
Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its
acquisition is
incumbent upon everyone.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 51
BUDDHISM
He who in early days was unwise but later found wisdom, he sheds a light over
the world
like that of the moon when freed from clouds.— Dhammapada 13:172
CHRISTIANITY
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
are of
God...—1 John 4:1
HINDUISM
In this world, there is no purifier like knowledge.—Bhagavad Gita 4:38
ISLAM
To acquire knowledge is binding on all believers, both men and women.— Hadith
(Ibn Maja)
JUDAISM
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge.— Proverbs
23:12
2. DETACHMENT FROM THE MATERIAL WORLD
BAHA'I
No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be
detached
from all that is in heaven and on earth.—Kitab-i- Iqan, p.3
BUDDHISM
Empty the boat of your life, O man; when empty it will swiftly sail.— Dhammapada
25:369
CHRISTIANITY
None of you can be a disciple of mine without parting with all his
possessions.—Luke 14:33
HINDUISM
He unto whom all desires enter as waters of the sea, which, though ever being
filled is
ever motionless, attains to peace and not he who hugs his desires.—Bhagavad Gita
2:70
ISLAM
What little has been given you is only for a while: but that which is with God
is
greater and more lasting.—Qur'an 42:36
ZOROASTRIANISM
Do not rely upon property and the goods of this world, for property and the
goods of
this world are like a bird that flies from one tree to another and stays on
none.—Pahlavi Texts
3. DOING WHAT IS GOOD
BAHA'I
Forsake all evil, hold fast that which is good.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p.138
BUDDHISM
Do not what is evil. Do what is good.—Dhammapada 14:183
CHRISTISNITY
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.—Romans 12:9
JUDAISM
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live.—Amos 5:14
ZOROASTRIANISM
Do whatever you know to be good and do not do anything that you know to be not
good.—Pahlavi Texts
4. THE ESSENCE OF FAITH
BAHA'I The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.— Tablets
of
Baha'u'llah, p. 156
BUDDHISM If a man speaks many holy words but he speaks and does not, this
thoughtless
man cannot enjoy a life of holiness...—Dhammapada 1:19
CHRISTIANITY Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead.—James
2:17
ISLAM God does not accept belief if it is not expressed in deed, and does not
accept
deed if it does not conform to belief.—Hadith, Prophet Muhammad and His Mission,
p. 83
JUDAISM Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for
the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.—1 Samuel 2:3
5. EVERLASTING LIFE
BAHA'I All the favors of God have been sent down, as a token of His grace. The
waters of
everlasting life have, in their fullness, been proffered unto men.—Gleanings
P.34
CHRISTIANITY Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.... I give them
eternal
life, and they shall never perish.—John 11:26, 10:28
HINDUISM To one that is born death is certain, and birth is certain for one that
has
died...—Bhagavad Gita 2:27
ISLAM Witness the reddening sunset, witness the chariot of night as it drives
on,
witness the moon as it waxes, verily, ye too shall pass from stage to
stage.—Qur'an
84:16-19
JUDAISM The day of death is better than the day of birth.—Ecclesiastes 7:1
ZOROASTRIANISM Your gift is the life never-dying and continuous health Your
possession.—Gathas, Yasna 33:8
6. FAULT FINDING
BAHA'I The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it not with
detraction.
If the fire of self overcome you, remember your own faults and not the faults of
My
creatures, inasmuch as every one of you knoweth his own self better than he
knoweth
others.—The Hidden Words, Persian #66
BUDDHISM It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one's own
faults.
One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals
one's
own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.—Dhammapada 18:252
CHRISTIANITY Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye, with
never a
thought for the great plank in your own?—Matthew 7:3
7. FORGIVENESS OF SINS
BAHA'I Return ye to God and repent, that He, through His grace, may have mercy
upon you,
may wash away your sins, and forgive your trespasses.— Gleanings, p.130
CHRISTIANITY Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of
men...— Mark
3:28
HINDUISM I will make thee free from the bondage of sins. Fear no more.—Bhagavad
Gita 18:66
ISLAM Despair not of God's mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious,
merciful is
He. And return ye to your Lord, and to Him resign yourselves...—Qur'an 39:54-55
JUDAISM Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him
return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.—Isaiah 55:7
8. THE GLORY OF GOD
BAHA'I The whole earth is illuminated with the resplendent glory of God's
revelation.—Gleanings, p. 96
CHRISTIANITY Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever.—Philippians
4:20
HINDUISM Behold the universe in the glory of God.—Isa Upanishad 1:1
ISLAM The earth reflecteth the glory of its Lord.—Qur'an 39:69
JUDAISM The heavens declare the glory of God.—Psalms 19:1
ZOROASTRIANISM The light of the sun, the sparkling dawn of the days, all this
for Your
praise, O Wise Lord.—Gathas, Yasna 50:10
9. GOD, THE UNKNOWABLE ESSENCE
BAHA'I Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or
attribute unto
Thee.—Gleanings, p. 4
BUDDHISM There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.—dana
CHRISTIANITY No one has seen God at any time...You have neither heard His voice
at any
time, nor seen His form.—John 1:18,5:37
HINDUISM There is no likeness of Him whose glory is infinite.—Upanishads
ISLAM Glory be to Him! And high let Him be exalted above that which they
attribute to
Him!—Qur'an 6:100
JUDAISM For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than
your
ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.—Isaiah 55:9
10. THE GOLDEN RULE
BAHA'I And if thine eye be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor
that
which thou choosest for thyself.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p.64
BUDDHISM Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.—Udana
Varga 5:18
CHRISTIANITY In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.—
Matthew 7:12
HINDUISM Do nothing to your neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee
hereafter.—Mahabharata
ISLAM None of you is a believer if he does not like for his brother exactly that
what he
likes for his own self.—Hadith(Bukhari)
JUDAISM What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman.—Talmud, Shabbat 31a
ZOROASTRIANISM Do not unto others all that which is not well for
oneself.—Shayast-na-
Shayast
11. HE WHO SEEKS FINDS
BAHA'I No man that seeketh Us will We ever disappoint, neither shall he that
hath set
his face towards Us be denied access unto Our court...— Gleanings, pp. 271-272
CHRISTIANITY For everyone that asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks,
the door will be opened.—Matthew 7:8
HINDUISM Howsoever men approach Me, even so do I seek them.—Bhagavad Gita 4:11
ISLAM Whoso maketh efforts for Us, in Our ways will We guide them...—Qur'an
29:69
JUDAISM And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, When ye search for Me, with all your
heart.—Jeremiah 29:13
12. I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF
BAHA'I Not of Mine own volition have I revealed Myself, but God, of His Own
choosing,
hath manifested Me.—Epistle to the Son of the Wolf p. 1
CHRISTIANITY I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these
things.—John 8:28
ISLAM I but follow what is revealed to Me.—Qur'an 6:50
JUDAISM I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.—Exodus 4:12
ZOROASTRIANISM Do Thou teach Me, O Wise Lord, to proclaim according to Thy
spirit...—
Gathas, Yasna 28:11
13. MIRACLES
BAHA'I Whoso hath in bygone ages asked Us to produce the signs [miracles] of
God, hath,
no sooner We revealed them to him, repudiated God's truth.— Gleanings, p. 132
BUDDHISM He who attempts to perform miracles has not understood the doctrine.—
Mahaparinibbana Sutta
CHRISTIANITY But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not
on Him.—John 12:37
ISLAM Signs [miracles] are in the power of God alone; and He teacheth you not
thereby,
only because when they were brought, ye did not believe.— Qur'an 6:109
14. ONENESS OF HUMANITY
BAHA'I Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch....—
Gleanings, p. 218
BUDDHISM Many do not know that we are here in this world to live in harmony.
Those who
know this do not fight against each other.—Dhammapada 1:6
CHRISTIANITY [God] has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the
face of
the earth.—Acts 3:195
HINDUISM I command ye all to be equal under one holy command, I bring ye up all
alike...Be united in your purpose, let your hearts be as one heart, minds of all
as one
mind so that your affairs may be cooperatively well organized.—Rig Veda 8:7
ISLAM Ye are all parts one of another.—Qur'an 3:195
JUDAISM Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal
treacherously with one another?—Malachi 2:10
15. THE ONLY WAY
BAHA'I He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that
is on
earth and seek none else but Me.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 169
BUDDHISM This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision.—Dhammapada
20:274
CHRISTIANITY I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except
through Me.—John 14:6
HINDUISM Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for shelter.—Bhagavad Gita
18:66
ISLAM Whoso seeks guidence elsewhere, God will lead him astray.—Imam'Ali, Hadith
ZOROASTRIANISM There is only one religious way. This one way is that of good
thoughts,
good words, and good deeds, the way of heaven, of light and of purity, of the
infinite
Creator.—The Teachings of the Magi, p.22
16. PROGRESSIVE REVELATION
BAHA'I Indeed no religion shall We ever inaugurate unless it be renewed in the
days to
come.—Selections from the Writings of The Bab, p. 159
BUDDHISM I am not the first Enlightened One who came upon the earth, nor shall I
be the
last...in due time another Enlightened One will arise.— Mahaparinibbana Sutta
CHRISTIANITY Think not that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have come
not to abolish them but to fulfill them.—Matthew 5:17
HINDUISM Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and a rise of
unrighteousness,...then I send forth Myself. For the protection of the good, for
destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of righteousness, I come
into being
from age to age.—Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
ISLAM Verily We have sent Thee with the Truth a Comforter and Warner; and there
is not a
people but a Warner hath not passed among them.—Qur'an 35:22
17. QUEST FOR PEACE
BAHA'I These fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away and the "Most
Great
Peace" shall come.—Baha'u'llah, cited in "The Promissed Day is Come" by Shoghi
Effendi,
p. 116
BUDDHISM Let us now abstain from taking life. That is a good thing that we may
take up
and do. And they will abstain from slaughter, and will continue in this good
way...—Dialogues of Buddha
CHRISTIANITY Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of
God.—Matthew 5:9
ISLAM The believers are but a single Brotherhood: so make peace and
reconciliation
between your two [contending] brothers; and fear God, that ye may receive
mercy.—Qur'an
49:10
JUDAISM ...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn
war any more.—Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3
ZOROASTRIANISM O God, Holy Spirit, before all I pray to you in all humility with
hands
uplifted, for abiding peace, that all my deeds be inspired by righteousness; and
for the
wisdom of a good mind, so that I may bring peace to the soul of a good mind, so
that I
may bring peace to the soul of existence.—-1992 Multifaith Calendar
18. REALITY OF MAN
BAHA'I The reality of man is his thought, not his physical body.—Abdu'l-Baha in
"Paris
Talks" p. 17
BUDDHISM What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present
thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our
mind.—Dhammapada 1:1
HINDUISM Let one therefore keep his mind pure, for What a man thinks that he
becomes.—Maitri Upanishad 6:34
JUDAISM For as a man thinks in his heart, so he is.—Proverbs 23:7
19. UNITY OF GOD
BAHA'I, Bear thou witness that verily He is God and there is no God but Him, the
King,
the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent.—The Tablet of Ahmad
CHRISTIANITY The Lord our God is one Lord.—Mark 12:29
HINDUISM "But just how many Gods are there?" "One."—Upanishads
ISLAM He is God alone: God the eternal...and there is none like unto Him.—
Qur'an 112:1-2,4
JUDAISM I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me— Isaiah
45:5
TWENTY TOPICS Quotes from the Sacred Writings of the World's Religions on
Essential
Religious Subjects
1. ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE
BAHA'I
Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its
acquisition is
incumbent upon everyone.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 51
BUDDHISM
He who in early days was unwise but later found wisdom, he sheds a light over
the world
like that of the moon when freed from clouds.— Dhammapada 13:172
CHRISTIANITY
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
are of
God...—1 John 4:1
HINDUISM
In this world, there is no purifier like knowledge.—Bhagavad Gita 4:38
ISLAM
To acquire knowledge is binding on all believers, both men and women.— Hadith
(Ibn Maja)
JUDAISM
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge.— Proverbs
23:12
2. DETACHMENT FROM THE MATERIAL WORLD
BAHA'I
No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be
detached
from all that is in heaven and on earth.—Kitab-i- Iqan, p.3
BUDDHISM
Empty the boat of your life, O man; when empty it will swiftly sail.— Dhammapada
25:369
CHRISTIANITY
None of you can be a disciple of mine without parting with all his
possessions.—Luke 14:33
HINDUISM
He unto whom all desires enter as waters of the sea, which, though ever being
filled is
ever motionless, attains to peace and not he who hugs his desires.—Bhagavad Gita
2:70
ISLAM
What little has been given you is only for a while: but that which is with God
is
greater and more lasting.—Qur'an 42:36
ZOROASTRIANISM
Do not rely upon property and the goods of this world, for property and the
goods of
this world are like a bird that flies from one tree to another and stays on
none.—Pahlavi Texts
3. DOING WHAT IS GOOD
BAHA'I
Forsake all evil, hold fast that which is good.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p.138
BUDDHISM
Do not what is evil. Do what is good.—Dhammapada 14:183
CHRISTISNITY
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.—Romans 12:9
JUDAISM
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live.—Amos 5:14
ZOROASTRIANISM
Do whatever you know to be good and do not do anything that you know to be not
good.—Pahlavi Texts
4. THE ESSENCE OF FAITH
BAHA'I The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.— Tablets
of
Baha'u'llah, p. 156
BUDDHISM If a man speaks many holy words but he speaks and does not, this
thoughtless
man cannot enjoy a life of holiness...—Dhammapada 1:19
CHRISTIANITY Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead.—James
2:17
ISLAM God does not accept belief if it is not expressed in deed, and does not
accept
deed if it does not conform to belief.—Hadith, Prophet Muhammad and His Mission,
p. 83
JUDAISM Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for
the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.—1 Samuel 2:3
5. EVERLASTING LIFE
BAHA'I All the favors of God have been sent down, as a token of His grace. The
waters of
everlasting life have, in their fullness, been proffered unto men.—Gleanings
P.34
CHRISTIANITY Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.... I give them
eternal
life, and they shall never perish.—John 11:26, 10:28
HINDUISM To one that is born death is certain, and birth is certain for one that
has
died...—Bhagavad Gita 2:27
ISLAM Witness the reddening sunset, witness the chariot of night as it drives
on,
witness the moon as it waxes, verily, ye too shall pass from stage to
stage.—Qur'an
84:16-19
JUDAISM The day of death is better than the day of birth.—Ecclesiastes 7:1
ZOROASTRIANISM Your gift is the life never-dying and continuous health Your
possession.—Gathas, Yasna 33:8
6. FAULT FINDING
BAHA'I The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it not with
detraction.
If the fire of self overcome you, remember your own faults and not the faults of
My
creatures, inasmuch as every one of you knoweth his own self better than he
knoweth
others.—The Hidden Words, Persian #66
BUDDHISM It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one's own
faults.
One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals
one's
own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.—Dhammapada 18:252
CHRISTIANITY Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye, with
never a
thought for the great plank in your own?—Matthew 7:3
7. FORGIVENESS OF SINS
BAHA'I Return ye to God and repent, that He, through His grace, may have mercy
upon you,
may wash away your sins, and forgive your trespasses.— Gleanings, p.130
CHRISTIANITY Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of
men...— Mark
3:28
HINDUISM I will make thee free from the bondage of sins. Fear no more.—Bhagavad
Gita 18:66
ISLAM Despair not of God's mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious,
merciful is
He. And return ye to your Lord, and to Him resign yourselves...—Qur'an 39:54-55
JUDAISM Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him
return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.—Isaiah 55:7
8. THE GLORY OF GOD
BAHA'I The whole earth is illuminated with the resplendent glory of God's
revelation.—Gleanings, p. 96
CHRISTIANITY Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever.—Philippians
4:20
HINDUISM Behold the universe in the glory of God.—Isa Upanishad 1:1
ISLAM The earth reflecteth the glory of its Lord.—Qur'an 39:69
JUDAISM The heavens declare the glory of God.—Psalms 19:1
ZOROASTRIANISM The light of the sun, the sparkling dawn of the days, all this
for Your
praise, O Wise Lord.—Gathas, Yasna 50:10
9. GOD, THE UNKNOWABLE ESSENCE
BAHA'I Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or
attribute unto
Thee.—Gleanings, p. 4
BUDDHISM There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.—dana
CHRISTIANITY No one has seen God at any time...You have neither heard His voice
at any
time, nor seen His form.—John 1:18,5:37
HINDUISM There is no likeness of Him whose glory is infinite.—Upanishads
ISLAM Glory be to Him! And high let Him be exalted above that which they
attribute to
Him!—Qur'an 6:100
JUDAISM For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than
your
ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.—Isaiah 55:9
10. THE GOLDEN RULE
BAHA'I And if thine eye be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor
that
which thou choosest for thyself.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p.64
BUDDHISM Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.—Udana
Varga 5:18
CHRISTIANITY In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.—
Matthew 7:12
HINDUISM Do nothing to your neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee
hereafter.—Mahabharata
ISLAM None of you is a believer if he does not like for his brother exactly that
what he
likes for his own self.—Hadith(Bukhari)
JUDAISM What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman.—Talmud, Shabbat 31a
ZOROASTRIANISM Do not unto others all that which is not well for
oneself.—Shayast-na-
Shayast
11. HE WHO SEEKS FINDS
BAHA'I No man that seeketh Us will We ever disappoint, neither shall he that
hath set
his face towards Us be denied access unto Our court...— Gleanings, pp. 271-272
CHRISTIANITY For everyone that asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks,
the door will be opened.—Matthew 7:8
HINDUISM Howsoever men approach Me, even so do I seek them.—Bhagavad Gita 4:11
ISLAM Whoso maketh efforts for Us, in Our ways will We guide them...—Qur'an
29:69
JUDAISM And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, When ye search for Me, with all your
heart.—Jeremiah 29:13
12. I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF
BAHA'I Not of Mine own volition have I revealed Myself, but God, of His Own
choosing,
hath manifested Me.—Epistle to the Son of the Wolf p. 1
CHRISTIANITY I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these
things.—John 8:28
ISLAM I but follow what is revealed to Me.—Qur'an 6:50
JUDAISM I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.—Exodus 4:12
ZOROASTRIANISM Do Thou teach Me, O Wise Lord, to proclaim according to Thy
spirit...—
Gathas, Yasna 28:11
13. MIRACLES
BAHA'I Whoso hath in bygone ages asked Us to produce the signs [miracles] of
God, hath,
no sooner We revealed them to him, repudiated God's truth.— Gleanings, p. 132
BUDDHISM He who attempts to perform miracles has not understood the doctrine.—
Mahaparinibbana Sutta
CHRISTIANITY But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not
on Him.—John 12:37
ISLAM Signs [miracles] are in the power of God alone; and He teacheth you not
thereby,
only because when they were brought, ye did not believe.— Qur'an 6:109
14. ONENESS OF HUMANITY
BAHA'I Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch....—
Gleanings, p. 218
BUDDHISM Many do not know that we are here in this world to live in harmony.
Those who
know this do not fight against each other.—Dhammapada 1:6
CHRISTIANITY [God] has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the
face of
the earth.—Acts 3:195
HINDUISM I command ye all to be equal under one holy command, I bring ye up all
alike...Be united in your purpose, let your hearts be as one heart, minds of all
as one
mind so that your affairs may be cooperatively well organized.—Rig Veda 8:7
ISLAM Ye are all parts one of another.—Qur'an 3:195
JUDAISM Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal
treacherously with one another?—Malachi 2:10
15. THE ONLY WAY
BAHA'I He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that
is on
earth and seek none else but Me.—Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 169
BUDDHISM This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision.—Dhammapada
20:274
CHRISTIANITY I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except
through Me.—John 14:6
HINDUISM Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for shelter.—Bhagavad Gita
18:66
ISLAM Whoso seeks guidence elsewhere, God will lead him astray.—Imam'Ali, Hadith
ZOROASTRIANISM There is only one religious way. This one way is that of good
thoughts,
good words, and good deeds, the way of heaven, of light and of purity, of the
infinite
Creator.—The Teachings of the Magi, p.22
16. PROGRESSIVE REVELATION
BAHA'I Indeed no religion shall We ever inaugurate unless it be renewed in the
days to
come.—Selections from the Writings of The Bab, p. 159
BUDDHISM I am not the first Enlightened One who came upon the earth, nor shall I
be the
last...in due time another Enlightened One will arise.— Mahaparinibbana Sutta
CHRISTIANITY Think not that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have come
not to abolish them but to fulfill them.—Matthew 5:17
HINDUISM Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and a rise of
unrighteousness,...then I send forth Myself. For the protection of the good, for
destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of righteousness, I come
into being
from age to age.—Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
ISLAM Verily We have sent Thee with the Truth a Comforter and Warner; and there
is not a
people but a Warner hath not passed among them.—Qur'an 35:22
17. QUEST FOR PEACE
BAHA'I These fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away and the "Most
Great
Peace" shall come.—Baha'u'llah, cited in "The Promissed Day is Come" by Shoghi
Effendi,
p. 116
BUDDHISM Let us now abstain from taking life. That is a good thing that we may
take up
and do. And they will abstain from slaughter, and will continue in this good
way...—Dialogues of Buddha
CHRISTIANITY Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of
God.—Matthew 5:9
ISLAM The believers are but a single Brotherhood: so make peace and
reconciliation
between your two [contending] brothers; and fear God, that ye may receive
mercy.—Qur'an
49:10
JUDAISM ...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn
war any more.—Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3
ZOROASTRIANISM O God, Holy Spirit, before all I pray to you in all humility with
hands
uplifted, for abiding peace, that all my deeds be inspired by righteousness; and
for the
wisdom of a good mind, so that I may bring peace to the soul of a good mind, so
that I
may bring peace to the soul of existence.—-1992 Multifaith Calendar
18. REALITY OF MAN
BAHA'I The reality of man is his thought, not his physical body.—Abdu'l-Baha in
"Paris
Talks" p. 17
BUDDHISM What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present
thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our
mind.—Dhammapada 1:1
HINDUISM Let one therefore keep his mind pure, for What a man thinks that he
becomes.—Maitri Upanishad 6:34
JUDAISM For as a man thinks in his heart, so he is.—Proverbs 23:7
19. UNITY OF GOD
BAHA'I, Bear thou witness that verily He is God and there is no God but Him, the
King,
the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent.—The Tablet of Ahmad
CHRISTIANITY The Lord our God is one Lord.—Mark 12:29
HINDUISM "But just how many Gods are there?" "One."—Upanishads
ISLAM He is God alone: God the eternal...and there is none like unto Him.—
Qur'an 112:1-2,4
JUDAISM I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me— Isaiah
45:5
