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"..I exhort you to courtesy. Courtesy is indeed... the lord of all virtues. Blessed is he who is adorned with the mantle of Uprightness and illumined with the light of courtesy. He who is endowed with courtesy (or Reverence) is endowed with a great station. It is hoped that this wronged One, and all, will attain to it and observe it. This is the Irrefutable Command.." (Baha'u'llah- Tablet of the World) (80:3) Again and again He (Baha'u'llah) repeats:.. "Consort ye, O people of all religions with joy and fragrance." (81:1) On no subject are the Baha'i teachings more imperative and uncompromising than on the requirement to abstain from faultfinding. Christ spoke very strongly on the same subject, but it has now become usual to regard the Sermon on the Mount as embodying "Counsels of Perfection" which the ordinary Christian cannot be expected to live up to. Both Baha'u'llah and 'Abdul-Baha are at great pains to make it clear that on this subject They mean all They say. We read in the Hidden Words..
(82:2)
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