- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Ross Woodman. Arc of Ascent: The Purpose of Physical Reality II, by John S. Hatcher: Review (1994).
- Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
- Daniel C. Jordan. Becoming Your True Self (1968). — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
- Harlan Carl Scheffler. Challenge: Helping Our Children Find Meaning and Purpose (2006). — Part one of the book The Quest.
- Universal House of Justice. Challenges for Bahá'í Youth in a Western Way of Life (2013-04-19). — Difficulties young people might face in upholding Baha'i ideals and standards of behaviour in the co...
- William S. Hatcher. Concept of Spirituality, The (1986). — Widely-read ABS monograph, re-published in the Baha'i World. Includes chapters "The Nature of Man," ...
- Keven Brown. Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology (2003).
- Annamarie K. Honnold, comp. Divine Therapy: Pearls of Wisdom from the Bahá'í Writings (1986). — Lengthy collection of passages on numerous themes including coping with stress, orientation to the D...
- Adib Taherzadeh. Growing in the Bahá'í Faith (1984). — Talk at an Alaskan summer school, covering topics such as the nature of the soul, our purpose, and p...
- Brian Kurzius. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life (2007). — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
- Ahmad Sohrab. Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...': Extract from the Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (1914-05-09). — Two page excerpt from the diary, dated May 9 1914, responding to these questions: what should Baha'i...
- Universal House of Justice. Identity of Man Who Asked "What is the object of life to a Bahá'í?" (2004-11-09). — On the identity of the individual to whom Shoghi Effendi said "The object of life to a Baha’i is t...
- Hooper Dunbar. Immortality and the Human Soul: Lecture Series (1989/1990).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia, comp. Light and Mercy: Mental Health and Tests and Difficulties (2021). — The physical and mental impact of the continuing pandemic is evident around us, and the members of t...
- Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Holly Hanson. Living Purposefully in a Time of Violence (2001-09-13). — Contemplation of Baha'i responses to the global issues raised by 9/11.
- Stanwood Cobb. Meaning of Life, The (1932). — The sole purpose of life, so far as the individual is concerned, is growth through struggle. Not to ...
- John S. Hatcher. Mizán of Affect in Material v. Metaphysical Models of Human Consciousness, The (2023-07). — Though Baha'i teachings hold that the soul progresses after the body ceases to exist, the physical b...
- Hossain Danesh. Psychology of Spirituality, The: From Divided Self to Integrated Self (2000). — Explores what is the nature of human reality, the purpose of human life, transcendence, and whether ...
- Roshan Danesh. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some (2014). — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
- Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland, Adib Taherzadeh. Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching (1982). — A three-part collection consisting of a letter from the NSA of Ireland, a letter from Taherzadeh to ...
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets (1990).
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. To the Bahá'í Youth (n.d.). — [needs abstract]
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2010-04-02). — Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Suresh Sahadevan. Understanding the Human Condition: Secular and Spiritual Perspectives (2001). — Both materialist and religious paradigms are important for happiness and for informing our decisions...
- Susan Gammage. Various Essays (2013-2018/2023). — 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Baha'i life, life coaching and counselling, ...
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. What It Is to Be a Bahá'í?: A Letter to the Bahá'í Youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1948). — The object of life to a Baha'i is to promote the oneness of mankind.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Why Are We Here: Meaning of Life: Warwick Leaflets (2003).
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