These FREE studies are designed for individual or group use and each one contains easy to follow instructions for your convenience. Group study usually takes one and a half to two hours per session. To host a study in your community simply choose a study, download and print for your participants, then proceed as directed by the facilitator’s notes in each study!
The following thirty-three studies were developed for new believers and youth to become more familiar with the basic teachings of the Bahá’í Faith, its purpose and organization, as well as the disciplines, laws, behaviors, beliefs and attitudes necessary for a fulfilling spiritual life. These studies cover thirty-three separate subjects, most of which were identified by either Shoghi Effendi or the Universal House of Justice as vitally important in acquiring a deeper understanding of Bahá’í life. (References for Subjects of Study)
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The following studies are designed for an entry level exploration of the Bahá’í Faith. They are appropriate for anyone interested in studying the following spiritual principles in light of the Bahá’í teachings. They are most meaningful when used to study together as a group but can be used for individual study as well. The subjects listed cover the basic teachings of Bahá’u’lláh which were emphasized by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in his talks and tablets. For the most part, the spiritual principles outlined in these studies were not initiated by former Manifestations of God but were revealed by Bahá’u’lláh to specifically address the needs of modern times. Click on the following buttons to download the studies. There are only seven currently available, however when finished there will be a total of twenty-one.
The following six studies consist mostly of quotation from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, originally published in Advent of Divine Justice, pages 75-85. These quotations of Bahá’u’lláh are the sacred verses chosen by the beloved Guardian to infuse vision, inspire teaching, impel service, and promote steadfastness in the Faith. Shoghi Effendi wrote the following reguarding the importance of these passages: “Dearly beloved friends! I can do no better, eager as I am to extend to every one of you any assistance in my power that may enable you to discharge more effectively your divinely appointed, continually multiplying duties, than to direct your special attention, at this decisive hour, to these immortal passages, gleaned in part from the great mass of Bahá’u’lláh’s unpublished and untranslated writings. Whether in His revelation of the station and functions of His loved ones, or His eulogies of the greatness of His Cause, or His emphasis on the paramount importance of teaching, or the dangers which He foreshadows, the counsels He imparts, the warnings He utters, the vistas He discloses, and the assurances and promises He gives, these dynamic and typical examples of Bahá’u’lláh’s sublime utterance, each having a direct bearing on the tasks which actually face or lie ahead of the American Bahá’í community, cannot fail to produce on the minds and hearts of any one of its members, who approaches them with befitting humility and detachment, such powerful reactions as to illuminate his entire being and intensify tremendously his daily exertions.” (Advent of Divine Justice, p. 75)