The Baha'i Studies Listserv >From the text in behalf of the Guardian it is clear that we should introduce a >new set of prayers before meals, but in this quote of the Tablet of >Medicine, Bahá'u'lláh recommends remembering His name: When you begin to eat, begin with My Name El Abhá,[4] and finish with the Name of [*]God[5] the Possessor of the Throne and the earth. When you have eaten walk a little that the food may settle. What is difficult to masticate is forbidden by the Wise. --Thus the Supreme Pen Commands you.
Source: http://bahai-library.com/?file=bahaullah_lawh_tibb_anonymous ________________________________ De: Stephen Gray <[email protected]> Para: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> Enviado: mié, junio 16, 2010 12:12:50 PM Asunto: Grace at Meals The Baha'i Studies Listserv 1501. We Should Not Make a Practice of Saying Grace or of Teaching It to Our Children "He does not feel that the friends should make a practice of saying grace or of teaching it to children. This is not part of the Bahá'í Faith, but a Christian practice, and as the Cause embraces members of all races and religions we should be careful not to introduce into it the customs of our previous beliefs. Bahá'u'lláh has given us the obligatory prayers, also prayers before sleeping, for travellers, etc. We should not introduce a new set of prayers He has not specified, when He has given us already so many, for so many occasions." (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, September 27, 1947) If that's the case why are the two Grace prayers in Baha'i prayer books? __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
