Libros fuente

The pure, detached heart is the seat of the spiritual life. Justice is the best-beloved of all things, every soul is created noble, and deeds are the adorning.

God is one, transcendent and unknowable in essence — and to know and draw near to God is the purpose of human life.

Revelation is one, continuous and progressive. Religion exists to unite rather than divide, and its differences must not breed animosity.

Humanity is one family, and world citizenship stands above tribe and nation. Unity is the prerequisite of peace.

Justice is the best-beloved of all things and demands seeing for oneself. Wish not for others what you would not wish for yourself.

Work done in a spirit of service is worship, and the education of every child — daughter and son alike — is a binding duty of the family.

The purified, detached heart is God's dwelling.

The spiritual life as a graded ascent through stations, ending in self-annihilation and the vision of God alone — and four kinds of seeker.

Revelation as one progressive process, in which every Manifestation is rejected in its own age and every Manifestation foretells the next.

The soul as an immortal sign of God; the human as dual-natured and morally choosing; humanity as one country; and just rule by collective consultation.