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When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers. Let not conventionality cause you to seem cold and unsympathetic when you meet strange people from other countries. Do not look at them as though you suspected them of being evil-doers, thieves and boors. You think it necessary to be very careful, not to expose yourselves to the risk of making acquaintance with such, possibly, undesirable people.

I ask you not to think only of yourselves. Be kind to the strangers, whether come they from Turkey, Japan, Persia, Russia, China or any other country in the world.

Help to make them feel at home; find out where they are staying, ask if you may render them any service; try to make their lives a little happier.

In this way, even if, sometimes, what you at first suspected should be true, still go out of your way to be kind to them--this kindness will help them to become better.

After all, why should any foreign people be treated as strangers?

Paris Talks by Abdu'l-Baha

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon   the Official Version 1908
An Account Written by The Hand of Mormon Upon Plates Taken From the Plates of Nephi
Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi

Doctrine and Covenants

The Pearl Of Great Price

The Human Soul    Secrets of the Soul
. . . by Adib Taherzadeh. A Baha'i Perspective

The Story of the Mormons:    From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901
. . . by William Alexander Linn No chapter of American history has remained so long unwritten as that which tells the story of the Mormons. There are many books on the subject, histories written under the auspices of the Mormon church, which are hopelessly biased as well as incomplete

Ocean is a Vast resource
Try it for more information and books about the Religion and Scripture.

The Life of John Bunyan by Edmund Venables
John Bunyan, the author of the book which has probably passed through more editions, had a greater number of readers, and been translated into more languages than any other book in the English tongue, was born in the parish of Elstow, in Bedfordshire, in the latter part of the year 1628, and was baptized in the parish church of the village on the last day of November of that year.

Forbidden Gospels and Epistles by Archbisop Wake

Oriental Encounters by Marmaduke Pickthall

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Volume I by Sir. Charles Eliot

Hinduism And Buddhism An Historical Sketch Vol. II by Sir. Charles Eliot

Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume III by Sir. Charles Eliot

The Life Of The Spirit by Evelyn Underhill

Ten Great Religions by James Freeman Clarke

Sacred Books of the East by Various

The Principles of Masonic Law by Albert G. Mackey

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Theophilus G. Pinches
Whilst accepting the religion of Babylonia, Assyria nevertheless kept herself distinct from her southern neighbour by a very simple device, by placing at the head of the pantheon the god Assur, who became for her the chief of the gods, and at the same time the emblem of her distinct national aspirations--

The Doctrine Of The Mean
There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute. Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

Abdu'l-Baha on Divine Philosophy
A movement comes from the East which claims to be the divine instrument for bringing unity into the world. For this reason, if for no other, it deserves attention. Its claims are too vital and important to be overlooked. The wonderful lives of its founders command interest. The courageous lives of its followers and their uncompromising sacrifice for this cause form a chapter that has no parallel in history.

Prophecy Fulfilled webpage
Each of the world's major religions contain Messianic prophecies. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, the Zoroastrian religion and even the Native American religions all foretell the coming of a Promised One.

A treatise on Good Works
The first and highest, the most precious of all good works is faith in Christ, as He says, John vi. When the Jews asked Him: "What shall we do that we may work the works of God?" He answered: "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent." When we hear or preach this word, we hasten over it and deem it a very little thing and easy to do, whereas we ought here to pause a long time and to ponder it well. For in this work all good works must be done and receive from it the inflow of their goodness, like a loan. This we must put bluntly, that men may understand it.

For an explanation of the Koran see Koran Introduction
First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Platt
On the third day, God planted the garden in the east of the earth, on the border of the world eastward, beyond which, towards the sun-rising, one finds nothing but water, that encompasses the whole world, and reaches to the borders of heaven.

Bhagavad-Gita
I pray thee, Krishna, cause my chariot to be placed between the two armies, that I may behold who are the men that stand ready, anxious to commence the battle; with whom it is I am to fight in this ready field; and who they are that are here assembled to support the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra in the battle.

Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns by Susan Elbaum Jootla
However, wisdom cannot be cultivated in the absence of morality. The Buddha taught that in order to move towards liberation, it is necessary to keep a minimum of five precepts strictly at all times: abstention from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and consuming intoxicants. If the precepts are broken, the bad kamma thus created will bring very painful results.

Buddha, The Word (The Eightfold Path)
Birth is suffering; Decay is suffering; Death is suffering; Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief, and Despair, are suffering; not to get what one desires, is suffering; in short: the Five Groups of Existence are suffering. see Buddhist Scriptures (The Eightfold Path)

The Dhammapada A Collection of Verses
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.

The Mahabharata Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr.

Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin by C. Snouck Hurgronje

A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume I by Thomas Clarkson

A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume II by Thomas Clarkson

A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume III by Thomas Clarkson

Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge

A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta

The Three Additions To Daniel by William Heaford Daubney, B.D.

Supernatural Religion by Joseph B. Lightfoot

The Soul of the Indian by Charles A. Eastman
The original attitude of the American Indian toward the Eternal, the "Great Mystery" that surrounds and embraces us, was as simple as it was exalted. To him it was the supreme conception, bringing with it the fullest measure of joy and satisfaction possible in this life.

Prayers Written At Vailima and A Lowden Sabbath Morn
by Robert Louis Stevenson
In every Samoan household the day is closed with prayer and the singing of hymns. The omission of this sacred duty would indicate, not only a lack of religious training in the house chief, but a shameless disregard of all that is reputable in Samoan social life.

The Great Learning by Confucius
Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated.

U.G. Krishnamurti, A Life by Mahesh Bhatt
All the phobias that the psychiatrists are trying to free you from are essential for the survival of the living organism. Society wants to free you from these fears so that it can use you to fulfill its own needs.... If you don't have one fear, you will have some other fear.

Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
by Edward Carpenter
It is clear that there have been three main lines, so far, along which human speculation and study have run. One connecting religious rites and observations with the movements of the Sun and the planets in the sky, and leading to the invention of and belief in Olympian and remote gods dwelling in heaven and ruling the Earth from a distance; the second connecting religion with the changes of the season, on the Earth and with such practical things as the growth of vegetation and food, and leading to or mingled with a vague belief in earth-spirits and magical methods of influencing such spirits; and the third connecting religion with man's own body and the tremendous force of sex residing in it--emblem of undying life and all fertility and power.

The Ruins by C. F. Volney
The revolution of 1789, which had drawn upon France the menaces of Catharine, had opened to Volney a political career. As deputy in the assembly of the states-general, the first words he uttered there were in favor of the publicity of their deliberations. He also supported the organization of the national guards, and that of the communes and departments.

The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha. The Land Of Bliss.
Then the blessed Ananda, having risen from his seat, having put his cloak on one shoulder, and knelt on the earth with his right knee, making obeisance with folded hands in the direction of the Bhagavat, spoke thus to the Bhagavat: 'Thy organs of sense, O Bhagavat, are serene, the colour of thy skin is clear, the colour of thy face bright and yellowish. As an autumn cloud is pale, clear, bright and yellowish, thus the organs of sense of the Bhagavat are serene, the colour of his face is clear, the colour of his skin bright and yellowish.

Tao Teh King, by Lao-Tze
All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).

Heaven and Hell by Emanuel Swedenborg
From these things it can now be established that the Lord dwells with the angels of heaven in what is His own, and thus that the Lord is the All in all things of heaven. The reason for this is that Good from the Lord is the Lord with the angels, for that which is from Him is Himself.
Other books by Swedenborg

GIBRAN, Kahlil (1883 - 1931)

The Wanderer by Kahlil Gibran

Jesus the Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran

A Tear and a Smile by Kahlil Gibran

The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran

The Madman: His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran

The Garden Of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Sand and Foam by Kahlil Gibran

Lazarus and his Beloved by Kahlil Gibran

Spirits Rebellious by Kahlil Gibran

Some Aprcrypha The Bible
The Book of Bel and the Dragon and others.

World Scripture A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Text

The Utility of Religion by John Stuart Mill

Natural Law In The Spiritual World by Henry Drummond

The I Ching Translated by James Legge

The Texts of Taoism Translated by James Legge

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda

For an explanation of the Koran see Koran Introduction

Please Stay

Can't you hear the Messenger
He's calling you away!
From the things of this world
He's warning you away!

All these things are leading you
Astray from your Lord
Can't you hear the Messenger
He's calling you away!

You may make passion your idol
Worship corruption and decay
Can't you hear the Messenger
He's calling you away!

Reach the souls on the hillside
This life is just for play
Seek the hearts of His loved-ones
He's calling you away!

Just government has come from above
You can build it with your hands
Reach for His unity and love
He is asking you to stay!

From Heavenly Poems

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