3. Regard Backbiting as Grievous Error
THE PATH OF SEARCH, Chapter 3. The month of 'Azamat (Grandeur) 176 BE Memorising the 3 rd Paragraph of The Tablet of the True Seeker This image from a beautiful arrangement, with the 361 Days of the Badí' Calendar and the 19 days of each month arranged into a hexagram by New York Bahá’í friend Leland Wright, and available online as a pdf or hard copy decorative wall calendar… That seeker should, also, regard backbiting as grievous error, and keep himself aloof from its dominion, inasmuch as backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul. He should be content with little, and be freed from all inordinate desire. He should treasure the companionship of them that have renounced the world, and regard avoidance of boastful and worldly people a precious benefit. At the dawn of every day he should commune with God, and, with all his soul, persevere in the quest of his Beloved. He should consume every...