Directives from the Guardian by Shoghi Effendi

About this eBook

Author

Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957

Title

Directives from the Guardian

Language

English

LoC Class

BP: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs

Subject

Bahai Faith

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19270

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19270

Release Date

September 16, 2006

Copyright

Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

1. 1.Baha'i Terms of Use — Contents — 1: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ (Stories About) — 2: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S MINISTRY (Re: World Objectives) — 3: ADMINISTRATION--Attitude Towards (National Assembly’s Statement Approved) — 4: ADMINISTRATION, BAHÁ’Í--(Rules and Regulations) — 5: ADMINISTRATION (Study and Apply) — 6: ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY (Related to America) — 7: AFRICAN STUDENTS AND VISITORS — 8: AGES AND EPOCHS (Define) — 9: ALLÁH-U-ABHÁ (Bahá’í Greeting) — 10: ANNUAL CONVENTION — 11: AQDAS (THE)--LAWS OF — 12: ARCHIVES (The Importance Of) — 13: ARCHIVES — 14: ASSEMBLIES--UNITY OF (Bahá’u’lláh’s Promise) — 15: ASSEMBLY MEETINGS — 16: ASSEMBLY VACANCY — 17: ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Appointing of) — 18: ATTACKS FROM CHURCH MISSIONARIES — 19: BÁB, DECLARATION OF — 20: BÁB’S PHOTOGRAPH — 21: BAHÁ’Í DISPENSATION (Duration of) — 22: BAHÁ’ÍS (Destiny of) — 23: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Admittance of New Applicants) — 24: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Presenting the Master’s Will to New Applicants) — 25: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (Qualifications of a New Believer) — 26: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (The “Two Extremes” in Bringing in New Bahá’ís) — 27: BAHÁ’ÍS (Two Kinds of) — 28: BAHÁ’Í WAY OF LIFE (The Strength of the Cause) — 29: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (In accepting) — 30: BELIEVERS, NEW (Accept Cause Without Qualifications) — 31: BELIEVERS, REMOVAL OF — 32: BIBLE (Authenticity of the) — 33: CALENDAR (BAHÁ’Í) — 34: CALIPHATE AND IMÁMATE — 35: CATASTROPHE (The Apocalyptic Upheaval) — 36: CIVIL COURTS (Disputes) — 37: CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in) — 38: COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (Assembly Members) — 39: COMMITTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES — 40: CONTRIBUTION — 41: CONTRIBUTIONS (Lifting the Burden of Misery from Mankind) — 42: CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY — 43: COVENANT (Meaning of Bahá’í) — 44: COVENANT BREAKERS (Expulsion and Reinstatement of) — 45: COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun) — 46: CRIMSON BOOK (The) — 47: CRITICISM — 48: CRITICISM (On) — 49: DANIEL, THE PROPHECY OF — 50: DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH — 51: DISPUTES, INDIVIDUAL--(Consultation with Assembly) — 52: DRAMA--MANIFESTATIONS (Dramatic Works) — 53: DRAMA OF THE FAITH — 54: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS — 55: ECONOMICS--BAHÁ’Í — 56: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS — 57: EDUCATION (On Inability of Modern Education to Produce a Mature Mind) — 58: ELDERS (Four and Twenty) — 59: ELECTION (Acceptance of) — 60: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í) — 61: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í) (To Administrative Posts) — 62: ELECTIONS (Assembly Voting) — 63: ELECTIONS (The Character of Bahá’í) — 64: ELECTION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Radical Changes Not Advised) — 65: ELECTIONS, REGARDING (In the United States) — 66: EMMANUEL, HIS HIGHNESS — 67: ESPERANTO (The Subject of) — 68: EVOLUTION, MAN’S — 69: FAMILY TIES, SPIRITUAL TIES (Vs.) — 70: FAST (Necessary Permission For) — 71: FASTING (The Ordinance of) — 72: FAST (THE) — 73: FEAST DAY (Changing Observance of) — 74: FEAST (Nature of) — 75: NAW-RÚZ FEAST (Observance of Feast Day Calendar) — 76: NAW-RÚZ, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF — 77: FEAST (Time for Holding) — 78: FEASTS (Attendance at) — 79: FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES--Bahá’í — 80: FUND (How Every Believer Can Test the Measure of His Faith) — 81: FUND (The Life-blood of these Nascent Institutions) — 82: FUND (National Fund, Chief Obligation of) — 83: FUND (We must be like the Fountain) — 84: FUND (The Sacred Obligation) — 85: FUNERAL (Bahá’í Funeral Service) — 86: GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of) — 87: GROUP, BAHÁ’Í — 88: GUARDIAN (Infallibility of the) — 89: GUIDANCE, DIVINE (Of Guardian) — 90: GUIDANCE (Individual) — 91: GUIDANCE (Question of) — 92: HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (Station and Function--When Mentioned in Writing) — 93: HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS (Functions of) — 94: HEALING — 95: HEROISM IS NEEDED — 96: HIDDEN WORDS (Arabic) — 97: HOLY DAYS--BAHÁ’Í — 98: HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS — 99: HOLY SHRINE (Believers turn to the) — 100: HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (The) — 101: CORD (Meaning of) — 102: ILLNESS — 103: ILLNESS (Cancer) — 104: INHERITANCE (Division of) — 105: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (Whole question of) — 106: ISLÁM — 107: JESUS (Virgin Birth of) — 108: LIFE AFTER DEATH — 109: LOVE (Turn to Bahá’í Brothers and Sisters) — 110: LOVE, CUSTODIANS OF (World Exceedingly Dark) — 111: LOVE--UNITY (The Greatest Need) — 112: MANIFESTATION--IN 1000 YEARS (Organic Unity) — 113: MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase--“His Holiness”) — 114: MANIFESTATIONS (Return of the Qualities) — 115: MANIFESTATIONS (Significance of the Remains of the Prophets) — 116: MANIFESTATIONS (Station of) — 117: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í — 118: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (Consent of Parents--duty of Assembly to ascertain validity) — 119: MARRIAGE--(Consent of Parents--Non-Bahá’í Participants) — 120: MARRIAGE TO NON-BAHÁ’Í — 121: MARRIAGES, BAHÁ’Í--(Reporting to the NSA) — 122: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (re: Consent of Natural Parents) — 123: MARRIAGE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH — 124: MASONRY, FREE (Membership in) — 125: MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to) — 126: MEDITATION — 127: MEETINGS, BAHÁ’Í — 128: MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, LSA (Residential Qualifications) — 129: MEMORIAL OFFERINGS — 130: MENTAL ILLNESS — 131: MILITARY DUTY (Status of Bahá’ís in relation to) — 132: MILITARY SERVICE — 133: MORMONS (Religious sects--Associate with all--Show tolerance and friendliness) — 134: MUNÍRIH KH ÁNUM — 135: MUSIC — 136: NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Authority of) — 137: N.S.A. INVOLVEMENT (Appeals Prohibited) — 138: N.S.A.’s JURISDICTION OVER COMMITTEES (Authority of) — 139: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Formation of) — 140: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Residence Qualifications) — 141: NINE (Number) — 9: religions of the world, that is ‘existing religions, we should not — 142: ORIENTALS — 143: ORIENTALS (Association with) — 144: PACIFISM (Bahá’í View of) — 145: PEACE — 146: PHOTOGRAPHS — 147: PILGRIM’S NOTES — 148: PIONEERING — 149: POLITICAL FIGURES (Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith) — 150: POLITICS (Loyalty to World Order of Bahá’u’lláh) — 151: POLITICS (Non-Interference in) — 152: POLITICS (Remain Aloof from Political Affairs) — 153: POLITICS (Shun Politics Like the Plague) — 154: PRAYER (Five Steps of) — 155: PRAYER BEADS — 156: PRAYER (Bahá’u’lláh’s in Dispensation) — 157: PRAYERS — 158: PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (Book of) — 159: PRAYERS (Daily) — 160: PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory) — 161: PRAYERS (Healing) — 162: PRAYERS (To be Read as Revealed) — 163: PREJUDICES (Racial) — 164: PROPHETS (Many will appear) — 165: PSYCHIATRY — 166: PSYCHIC PHENOMENA — 167: PURE SOULS — 168: PYRAMID PROPHECIES — 169: PROMINENT FIGURES (Letters to Government Heads) — 170: QUR’ÁN (‘Sales’ Translation Recommended) — 171: QUR’ÁN--STUDY OF (Concerning School Program) — 172: QUR’AN, SURIHS OF THE — 173: RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, NON-BAHÁ’Í — 174: RESURRECTION (Explains the Passage on page 231 of the Gleanings) — 175: RINGSTONES AND BURIAL STONES — 176: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Importance of) — 177: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Purpose of) — 178: SERVICE TO HUMANITY — 179: SEVEN LIGHTS OF UNITY — 180: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE FAITH (A Single Divine and World-Embracing System) — 181: SPIRITUALITY (The Troubles of This World Pass) — 182: SUMMER SCHOOLS (The Bahá’í) — 183: SUMMER SCHOOLS (Bahá’í Atmosphere in) — 184: SUPREME TRIBUNAL — 185: TABLETS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ — 186: TEACHERS (Unqualified Loyalty) — 187: TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (Can Serve as Both) — 188: TEACHERS, BAHÁ’Í (A Principle) — 189: TEACHING — 190: TEACHING (Love for Bahá’u’lláh) — 191: TEACHING — 192: TEACHING (Advent of Divine Justice) — 193: TEACHING, CONCENTRATE ON (Source of Joy and Consolation) — 194: TEACHING (The Concourse on High) — 195: TEACHING (Direct) — 196: TEACHING--Divine World Order--The Sole Panacea — 197: TEACHING (Duty of Every Believer) — 198: TEACHING (Give the Message) — 199: TEACHING (Greater Unity Among the Friends) — 200: TEACHING (Love and Unity) — 201: TEACHING--BAHÁ’Í FAITH (What the Cause Now Requires) — 202: TEACHING (Study Early History and Principles of the Faith) — 203: TEACHING (The Utmost Effort) — 204: TEACHING (In South) — 205: TEACHING METHODS — 206: TEMPLE, CHANTING IN THE — 207: TESTS AND PROBLEMS — 208: THEOCRACY — 209: TOMBSTONE, BAHÁ’Í SYMBOL ON — 210: TRANSLITERATION OF BAHÁ’Í TERMS — 211: UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP — 212: VACCINATION — 213: VISIONS — 214: VOTING--(Civil) — 215: VOTING RIGHT, The — 216: VOTING RIGHTS (Status of Individuals Deprived of) — 217: WORK, BAHÁ’Í — 218: WORK, DAILY--(Bahá’u’lláh’s Command Concerning Daily Work) — 219: WORLD FEDERATION--(On Bahá’í Participation in International Conferences) — 220: YEAR NINE, The — 221: YOUTH — 222: YOUTH (Regarding the Age of Fifteen) — 223: BAHÁ’Í YOUTH IN SCHOOL — 224: YOUTH, JUNIOR (Do Great Deeds)

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