The Baha'i Studies Listserv Muslims usually begin their meals by pronouncing the bismillah (In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate.) and my understanding is that Persian Baha'is do something similar saying "In the name of God the Most Glorious." But I have seen Baha'i prayers that were intended to be said before meals, so I don't know what to make of the letter written on behalf of the Guardian.
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Hasan Elías <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] __________________________________________________ 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]
