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Abstract: A study of the virtues identified for the faithful individuals mentioned in "Memorials of the Faithful" and how they exemplified character, manners and conduct, using the "Seven Valleys" as a guide for human conduct. Notes: Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #135 (Louhelen, 2015). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/135/koswan_memorials. |
Memorials of the Faithful:
Virtues of Inner and Outer Transformation
by Marlene Koswan
published in Lights of Irfan, 17, pages 179-204Wilmette: Haj Mehdi Arjmand Colloquium, 2016
Abstract: Abdu’l-Baha wrote "The most vital duty, in this day, is to purify your characters, to correct your manners, and improve your conduct". This paper will investigate the virtues identified for the faithful individuals mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful and how they exemplified character, manners and conduct. The Seven Valleys will "be used as a guide for human conduct." (Promulgation of Universal Peace, page 244)
Download: lights17_koswan_transformation.pdf.
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