Australia – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Perfect Exemplar

(Lyrics and chords to come)

Recorded at an ISGP undergraduate seminar

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Baha’i music composer Tom Price delivered six great talks at the 2012 Tennessee Baha’i School, called “Recreating Ourselves in the Image of the Master”.

For those of you who have yet to hear one of Tom’s talks, you’re in for a treat! Tom Price’s talks on The Five Year Plan are still one of our most popular posts ever and you can listen to them here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/the-5-year-plan-tom-price

In these wonderful talks Tom Price shares six of Abdu’l-Baha’s attributes and looks at how we can learn from them and adopt them into our own lives.

Abdu’l-Baha, (also referred to as the Master) was Baha’u’llah’s eldest son and appointed successor, and He is considered the perfect example of how to live according to the Baha’i teachings. 

We hope you enjoy these talks as much as we do, and please let us know what you think in the comments section and feel free to share this post with your friends. You'll also find a variety of other talks, discourses and lectures here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/bahai-talks

Happy Listening, and a BIG THANK YOU to Tom Price for this wonderful service!

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Converging on Canada’s Vancouver Island, songwriter/recording artists Eric Dozier (Harlem Gospel Choir, One Human Family) and JB Eckl (Santana, WAR, Ozomatli) set out to bring their diverse musical backgrounds together for a music-infused devotional experience. Drawing on the Baha’i sacred Writings for lyrics and inspiration, and incorporating elements of soul, rock, Gospel, folk and world music, this first collaboration weaves a rich tapestry of sound at once expansive and intimate, introspective and jubilant.

The Badasht Project seeks to explore how the use of beauty, music and the arts can serve as a catalyst for change, consciousness, revolution, and insight.

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Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in London, United Kingdom with James Mohajer who sings “O Thou Candle” based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.

This song was filmed and recorded in London, United Kingdom, September 2018.

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:

"O thou candle of the Love of God!
I ask God to grant thee by His favor and grace that which is thy utmost desire; that the closed doors become opened, the uneven roads become even, thy face shine by the love of God, thy sight become brighter by witnessing the signs of God; that thou mayest attain spiritual joy, eternal happiness and heavenly life."  
- Abdu’l-Baha


CHORDS & LYRICS:

C Am7 Fsus2
O thou candle of the Love of God!

C Am7 Fsus2
I ask God to grant thee by His favor and grace

C Am7 Fsus2
that which is thy utmost desire;

C Am7 Fsus2
that the closed doors become opened, the uneven roads become even,

C Am7 Fsus2
thy face shine by the love, the love of God,

C Am7 Fsus2
thy sight become brighter by witnessing the signs of God;

C Am7 Fsus2
that thou mayest attain spiritual joy,

C Am7 Fsus2
eternal happiness and heavenly life

C Am7 Fsus2
eternal happiness and heavenly life.


You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHKxn1xT8-M

Check out BahaiBlog.net (http://bahaiblog.net/) for more great Baha'i-inspired content, and watch the Studio Sessions video series on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube Channel here: https://bit.ly/1LtjUx9

O Thou Candle

"O Thou Candle" by James Mohajer

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