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These FREE studies are designed for individual or group use and each one<\/em> 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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\" The following thirty-four studies were developed for new believers and affirmed youth<\/strong><\/em> to become more familiar with the basic teachings of the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed 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-four 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 Bah\u00e1’\u00ed life. (References for Subjects of Study)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facilitator’s Guide for Group Study<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Guide for Independent Study<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1. The Station of Bah\u00e1’u’ll\u00e1h and His Revelation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2. The Station of The B\u00e1b<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
3. The Station of ‘Abdu’l-Bah\u00e1<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
4. The Twin Covenants<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
5. Establishing the Unity of Humankind<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
6. Our Purpose as Human Beings<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
7. To Study and Deepen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
8. The Importance of Prayer<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Summary of Guidelines for Obligatory Prayers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
9. Teaching the Faith<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
10. Daily Readings<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
11. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Standards of Behavior<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
12. Alcohol and Drugs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
13. Service to The Cause<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
14. Service to Humanity<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
15. Children and Youth<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
16. The Principle of Consultation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
17. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Leadership Style<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
18. The Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Administrative Order<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
19. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Elections<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Guidance for Voting in Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Elections<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
20. The Nineteen Day Feast<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
21. The Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Fund<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
22. Huququ’llah – The Right of God<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
23. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed History<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
24. Relationship of the Faith to Preceding Religions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
25. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Marriage Laws<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
26. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Divorce Laws<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
27. The Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Fast<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Summary of Guidlines for the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Fast<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
28. Relationships with Political and Religious Organizations<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
29. Holy Days in the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Era<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
30. Recitation of the Greatest Name<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
31. The Spiritual Nature of Work<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
32. The Harm of Backbiting<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
33. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Family Life<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
34. The Will and Burial<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Developmental History of Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Essentials<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
About These Studies<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
References for Subjects of Study<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Provisional Translations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Deepenings!<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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What About Religion?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Spiritual Teachings Common to All Religions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\" The following studies are designed for an entry level exploration of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith. They are appropriate for anyone interested in studying the following spiritual principles in light of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed 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 Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h which were emphasized by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 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 Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Summary of 21 Spiritual Principles of the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Faith on a Scroll<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A Summary of 21 Spiritual Principles of the Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Faith in PDF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1. One True God<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2. The Oneness of Religion<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
3. The Oneness of All People<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
4. Unity Above All Things<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
5. Independent Investigation of Truth<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
6. Elimination of All Forms of Prejudice<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
7. One World Language and Script<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\" The following six studies consist mostly of quotation from the writings of Bah\u00e1’u’ll\u00e1h, originally published in Advent of Divine Justice<\/em>, pages 75-85. These quotations of Bah\u00e1’u’ll\u00e1h 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: \u201cDearly 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 Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s 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 Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s sublime utterance, each having a direct bearing on the tasks which actually face or lie ahead of the American Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed 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.\u201d<\/em>  (Advent of Divine Justice, p. 75)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The Station of The True Believer<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2. The Greatness of the Cause<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
3. Warnings and Foreshadowing Dangers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
4. Promises and Assurances<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
5. The Transforming Power<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
6. The Paramount Importance of Teaching<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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