The Master's Sparse Diet
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The Master kept little clothing—one coat at a time was ample. He ate little food. He was known to begin His day with tea, goat’s milk cheese and wheat bread. And at the evening meal a cup of milk and a piece of bread might suffice. He considered the latter a healthy meal. Had not Bahá’u’lláh, while at Sulaymáníyyih, subsisted mostly on milk? (Sometimes Bahá’u’lláh ate rice and milk cooked together.) ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s sparse diet also included herbs and olives—it rarely included meat.
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), no. 29, “His sparse diet”, p. 23.
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