The Baha'i Studies Listserv I was just going to say that "God-Consciousness" sounded very "Hindu" to me, but I'm not really surprised because I feel that Islam and Hinduism actually have a lot of commonalities despite their very outward differences.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Sen & Sonja <sen.so...@casema.nl> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqwa > > Sawm and Taqwa are associated. Is there a Baha'i reference to Taqwa? > > Indeed there is: > > In the fourth Ishraq (splendor) of the Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors) > We have mentioned: "Every cause needeth a helper. In this Revelation > the hosts which can render it victorious are the hosts of > praiseworthy deeds and upright character. The leader and commander of > these hosts hath ever been the fear of God (taqwa-ye allah), a fear > that encompasseth all things, and reigneth over all things." > > (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 26) > > By God! This people have never been, nor are they now, inclined to > mischief. Their hearts are illumined with the light of the fear of > God (nur-e taqwa), and adorned with the adornment of His love. > (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 122) > > Ye are the shepherds of mankind; liberate ye your flocks from the > wolves of evil passions and desires, and adorn them with the ornament > of the fear of God. (taqwa-ye allah > (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 29) > > it behooveth every fair-minded person to succor Him Whom the world > hath cast away and the nations abandoned, and to lay hold on piety > and righteousness (taqwa). > (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 35) > > > The cities of knowledge and of understanding wept with such a weeping > that the souls of the pious and of the God-fearing (ahl-e ... taqwa) > were melted. > (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 72) > > > God-consciousness is a good translation of the concept: it is a pity > that it is so hard to fit elegantly into a sentence: > "the people of God-consciousness..." > "the God-conscious ones" > "The leader and commander of these hosts hath ever been God- > consciousness..." > > The last of these works for us, but probably would not have worked > for the more biblically educated audience of Shoghi Effendi's day, > who were used to "fear of God" and had not been familiarized with > "God-consciousness" by the Hare Krishna movement > > Sen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com > > All is to be yielded up, save only the *remembrance* of God; > all is to be dispraised, except His praise. > Today, to this melody of the Company on high, > the world will leap and dance: > `Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!' > > (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 93) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:matthewhaa...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > leave-522917-9533...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > 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/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-522921-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
