Grade 3 Set 2

True religion

Still The Sun

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!

Part 3: Recreating Ourselves in the Image of the Master

The progressive revelation of the Divine Manifestations of God is a perennial theme as ancient as religion itself. It may predate the Vedic manuscripts (perhaps the oldest known sacred texts) that emerged out of the Indus Valley as far back as 1700 BC. But the Great Theme is given an eloquent exposition in the sacred writings of the Baha'i Faith which Bahá'u'lláh set down in the mid-19th century CE. The basic idea has to do with the Unity implicit within the multiplicity of the world's religions - that all religions ultimately arise from a single source - one light from many lamps. French philosopher and professor of Islamic studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and University of Tehran, Henry Corbin, devoted his life to the struggle to free the religious imagination from fundamentalism of every kind. One idea which I came across in his work years ago changed my entire way of thinking about religion forever. He described the religious impulse in mankind as a single divine elixir produced by God, yet received by humanity through a great diversity of vessels. The multiplicity of religious forms and customs, the great variety of cultural contexts and languages, are but mirrors reflecting to varying degrees a single Supreme Light which emanates from One God.

One Light From Many Lamps   
         Tim McKamey, Oct. 25, 2011

One mountain, many rivers
One forest, many trees
One journey, many pathways
One circle, many degrees.

One rainbow, many colors
One voice, many tones
One heart, many vessels
One body, many bones.

The past and future are not now
The present is a gift of time.
The last is first, the first is last,
And the rhythm falls out of the rhyme.

One garden, many flowers
One flower, many blooms
One vine, with many branches
One mansion with many rooms.

One wheel, many turnings
One song, so many tunes
One story many versions
One year, so many moons.

The past and future are not now
The present is a gift of time.
The last is first, the first is last,
And the rhythm falls out of the rhyme.

The planets all shine with empyrean light
Like fires from many distant camps.
But the moon and planets all reflect the light of one Sun
One Light from Many Lamps.


One Light From Many Lamps

Baha’i Blog’s “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 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Goleta Burriston and Pradheep Kay who sing “A Pure Heart” from the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

You can also watch the video of this song on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxM2tfJUWzo

This song was filmed and recorded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2016.

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

"A pure heart is as a mirror; cleanse it with the burnish of love and severance from all save God, that the true sun may shine within it and the eternal morning dawn. Then wilt thou clearly see the meaning of “Neither doth My earth nor My heaven contain Me, but the heart of My faithful servant containeth Me.”   

- Baha'u'llah

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Chords:  E5,  A2,  B4,  E5 /Emaj7

"A pure heart is as a mirror; 
cleanse it with the burnish of love and severance from all save God, 
that the true sun may shine within it and the eternal morning dawn.
“Neither doth My earth nor My heaven contain Me, 
but the heart of My faithful servant containeth Me.” 

You can also watch the "Studio Sessions" video series on Baha'i Blog's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY

"A Pure Heart" by Goleta Burriston & Pradheep Kay

I Have Wakened In Thy Shelter

Heart Like Unto A Glass

Chords: A E

O Thou kind Lord!  Unite all.  Let the religions agree and make the nations one, 
so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home.  
May they all live together in perfect harmony. O Thou kind Lord!  Unite all.  x2

Unite All

Chords: (Capo 1) C F C G

Leave all thought of self, and strive only to be obedient and submissive to the Will of God. In this way only shall we become citizens of the Kingdom of God, and attain unto life everlasting.

Leave All Thought Of Self

Baha’i Blog’s “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 Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic with Goleta Burriston and Sophie Nelson who sing “Show That Love” based on a prayer by Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi-stFNUxw
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Hluboka nad Vltavou, in the Czech Republic, December 2017.

Discover more Baha'i-inspired content on BAHAIBLOG.NET

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds..."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Capo 1
Intro: A D E A

A D A E
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
show that love

A D E A
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
Show that love

A D A E
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere (x2)

A D E A A D
and show that love through deeds (x3)

E
show that love

"Show That Love" by Goleta Burriston & Sophie Nelson

Baha’i Blog’s “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 Washington DC, USA with Nickole Best and Alex Vedovi who sing “Be Kind” based on the writings of Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDKTOJdUXXg
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Washington DC, USA, October 2018.

Discover more Baha'i-inspired content on BAHAIBLOG.NET

Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the chords:
 
"O ye lovers of God! Be kind to all peoples; care for every person; do all ye can to purify the hearts and minds of men; strive ye to gladden every soul. To every meadow be a shower of grace, to every tree the water of life; be as sweet musk to the sense of humankind, and to the ailing be a fresh, restoring breeze. Be pleasing waters to all those who thirst, a careful guide to all who have lost their way; be father and mother to the orphan, be loving sons and daughters to the old, be an abundant treasure to the poor."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Repeat a plucking of the following chords:

C#m (335543)
Gm/C (x3x333)
Fm/Bb (x1x111)

"Be Kind" by Nickole Best & Alex Vedovi

Mo Te Tupu O Te Wairua

"O ye beloved of the Lord! Strive to become the manifestations of the love of God, the lamps of divine guidance shining amongst the kindreds of the earth with the light of love and concord.
All hail to the revealers of this glorious light!"
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p 28



A collection of Baha'i prayers and Sacred Writings that I put to music while living in China.

All songs were masterfully recorded by Paul Meredith in Shanghai, with percussion added by the wonderful Les Fong.

Most of these songs were heard for the first time by friends living in Qingdao, China, and the recording was made possible by their encouragement and support. This is dedicated with love to their children: Adelle, Andee, Carmela, Navid, Mona, Anis, Iman, and Lily.

O Ye Beloved Of The Lord

Alex, Alia, Asha and friends sing some devotions together before Alex leaves back to Canada. (2019)

Strive

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 Perth, Australia with Alexandre Evans, Asha Kiani and Alia Golestani singing "My Haven and My Refuge", based on the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha.

You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-wU5oLEc0

This song was filmed and recorded in Perth, Australia, 9 October 2019.

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

Excerpts from the following Writings of Abdu'l-Baha: 

"Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heard and soul, shining brightly."

LYRICS/QUOTES:

"He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge.”
"Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light…”
Allah-u-Abha
“O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge."
Allah-u-Abha
“…Thou art my Haven and my Refuge.”
Allah-u-Abha
“Be calm, be strong, be grateful…”

LYRICS & CHORDS:

B, A/F#
Be calm,
B, A/F#
be strong,
B, A/F#
be grateful,
B, A/F#
be grateful
B, A/F#
and become a lamp
B, A/F#
full of light,
B, A/F#
and become a lamp
B, A/F#
full of light
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
O God!
B, A/F#
Thou seest me,
B, A/F#
Thou knowest me;
B, A/F#
Thou art my Haven
B, A/F#
and my Refuge
B, A/F#
my Haven
B, A/F#
and my Refuge
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Thou art my Haven
B, A/F#
and my Refuge
B, A/F#
my Haven
B, A/F#
and my Refuge
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Allah-u-Abha
B, A/F#
Be calm,
B, A/F#
be strong,
B, A/F#
be grateful,
B, A/F#
be grateful

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E Toku Atua

"I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense.  Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor."
-Baha'u'llah


Composed by Katy Porray
Recorded by David Hunt

Grade 3 Set 2

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