Ambassador to Humanity - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/podcasts/ambassador-to-humanity/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Ambassador to Humanity — Episode 9: The Exemplar for Today https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-exemplar-today/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-exemplar-today/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75151 On 28 November 1921, just over a century ago, Abdu’l-Baha passed away at the age of 77, at his home in Haifa, Palestine (now Israel). His funeral was unlike any...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-exemplar-today/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity – Episode Eight: The Life of the Spirit https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-eight-life-spirit/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-eight-life-spirit/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75067 What does it mean to be spiritual in a material world? How do we develop noble human qualities like generosity, kindness, and forgiveness? What is the value of prayer? What...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-eight-life-spirit/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity – Episode Seven: Servant to All Humanity https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-seven-servant-humanity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-seven-servant-humanity/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74934 If a single word had to be chosen to encapsulate the entire life of Abdu’l-Baha, that word might be “service.” In fact, his very name means “the Servant of Glory.”  ...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-six-road-world-peace/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity – Episode Five: The March of Women https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-five-march-women/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-five-march-women/#respond Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74846 To the surprise of many who encountered him in the West, Abdu’l-Baha was among the foremost champions of the cause of gender equality.   “It is well established in history that...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-five-march-women/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity — Episode Four: A Vision of Racial Equality https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-four-vision-racial-equality/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-four-vision-racial-equality/#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74618 In the dozen years between the dawn of the 20th century and Abdu’l-Baha’s 1912 visit to North America, more than a thousand Black women and men were lynched.  During that...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-four-vision-racial-equality/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity – Episode Three: The Journey West https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-three-journey-west/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-three-journey-west/#respond Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74547 This new episode of the Ambassador to Humanity podcast recounts Abdu’l-Baha’s historic travels to Europe and North America, when he took Baha’u’llah’s teachings to tens of thousands of people. By...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-three-journey-west/feed/ 0 Ambassador to Humanity – Episode Two: The Master of Akka https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-two-master-of-akka/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ambassador-humanity-episode-two-master-of-akka/#respond Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74449 Abdu’l-Baha spent 40 years of his life imprisoned in the ancient crusader city of Akka, a notoriously grim place, home to the most dangerous criminals and political enemies of the...

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