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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
Browse stories by the central principles of the Bahá'í Faith — progressive revelation, oneness of religion, equality, harmony of science and religion, the Covenant, and more. Each principle surfaces stories whose tags or text illustrate it.
God's purpose unfolds through successive Manifestations across history — Adam, Abraham, Moses, Krishna, the Buddha, Christ, Muḥammad, the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh.
All the great Faiths come from one Source and lead to one truth. Their differences are circumstances of time and place.
All people are members of one human family. Race, nation, and class are accidental, not essential.
Both wings of one bird; humanity cannot fly without both. Real equality includes education, opportunity, and full spiritual capacity.
Every form of prejudice — religious, racial, national, class-based — must be set aside. Spiritual life requires it.
Religion without science is superstition; science without religion is materialism. The two are wings of one truth.
Each person must seek truth for themselves, free of imitation, blind tradition, or borrowed conviction.
The unbroken authority succession that binds the Bahá'í community — from Bahá'u'lláh to 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Shoghi Effendi to the Universal House of Justice.
Worship of God expressed through service to the human family. The Bahá'í Faith treats work-as-worship as a central spiritual discipline.
The promised peace of all the prophets — coming both as the Lesser Peace (political reconciliation) and the Most Great Peace (spiritual unity of humanity).
The unique station of the Manifestations of God — Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, Christ, Muḥammad, Moses, the Buddha, Krishna — distinct from prophets and from God Himself.
The soul is created at conception, develops through this earthly life as a womb for eternity, and continues its journey toward God after the body dies.
Humanity is the steward of the earth and accountable for its care. The Bahá'í teachings treat the natural world as a sign of God.
Education is the right of every child and the foundation of a just society. The education of girls is given priority where resources are scarce.
Wealth that does not serve humanity is condemned; voluntary sharing, fair wages, and elimination of extremes are part of the spiritual order.
The Bahá'í method of decision-making — frank, prayerful, detached from one's own opinion, with the goal of reaching truth together rather than winning.