tag name: Applying the Bahá'í teachings and principles type: Miscellaneous; Institute process; Principles, teachings web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Applying_the_Bahai_teachings_and_principles variations or mis-spellings: Translate the Bahá'í teachings into action related tags: - Bahai principles; - Institute process; – Concepts; Action; Social action referring tags: Universal House of Justice, main letters related to the life of society notes: "... It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action..." – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd (Tablet of Maqṣúd) "Shoghi Effendi has ... urged the Bahá'ís ... to study history, economics, sociology, etc., in order to be au courant with all the progressive movements and thoughts being put forth today, and so that they could correlate these to the Bahá'í teachings. What he wants the Bahá'ís to do is to study more, not to study less. The more general knowledge, scientific and otherwise, they possess, the better. Likewise he is constantly urging them to really study the Bahá'í teachings more deeply. One might liken Bahá'u'lláh's teachings to a sphere; there are points poles apart, and in between the thoughts and doctrines that unite them. We believe in balance in all things; we believe in moderation in all things ..." – On behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, 5 July 1947, in Science and Technology (compilation), no. 7
"... a greater involvement of the Bahá’í community in the life of society. From the inception of his ministry, Shoghi Effendi drew the attention of the friends again and again to the power of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation to effect an organic change in society—a process which would ultimately result in the emergence of a spiritual civilization. Bahá’ís, therefore, had to learn to apply Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings not only for personal spiritual transformation but also for material and social change, beginning within their own communities and then gradually extending their efforts to embrace the wider society..." – Universal House of Justice, Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age
references: www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Apply principles; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Apply teachings; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Translate action
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