The Fast
51 "reasons" are given (the last perhaps the best). But actually there is only a single reason in the world to fast (the rest is Grace): love for the Manifestation -
"Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty." (Baha'u'llah)
http://bahai.org/article-1-4-0-3.html
"Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty." (Baha'u'llah)
http://bahai.org/article-1
Say: O people of the world! We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period, and at its close have designated for you Naw-Ruz as a feast...The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Most Generous...Abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sundown, and beware lest desire deprive you of this grace that is appointed in the Book.
- Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) http://tinyurl.com/aopx52
(Naw-Ruz is the Baha'i New Year which falls on the spring equinox, usually 21 March)
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