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| Payman Mohajer |
DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT
Bahá'í World Centre • P.O. Box 155 • 31001 Haifa, Israel
Tel: 972 (4) 835 8358 • Fax: 972 (4) 835 8280 • Email: secretariat@bwc.org
Bahá'í World Centre • P.O. Box 155 • 31001 Haifa, Israel
Tel: 972 (4) 835 8358 • Fax: 972 (4) 835 8280 • Email: secretariat@bwc.org
17 July 2006
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India
Dear Bahá'í Friends,
The Universal House of Justice was very pleased to learn, as indicated in the letter dated 13 April 2006 from your Secretary for External Affairs, of the proclamation and teaching activities taking place at the House of Worship in India. The efforts of institutions and believers throughout the country to follow-up with visitors to the House of Worship who indicate an interest in receiving further information about the Faith are highly encouraging.
It is hoped that procedures for reaching out to such friends will be further developed over time, so that every eager soul is warmly received by a community near his or her home. In this connection, it is reasonable to expect that the institutions serving at the cluster level will increasingly take part in such efforts.
The community of Delhi is, of course, the greatest beneficiary of the teaching opportunities offered by the House of Worship, and the House of Justice is encouraged that the information centre is being utilized in a dignified and welcoming manner to reach out to seekers. For instance, it is noted that volunteers serving there familiarize visitors with the basic tenets of the Faith and invite them to participate in core activities.
Moreover, every Sunday, the House of Worship provides a venue for those who wish to attend study circles, and children and junior youth classes. The House of Justice was pleased to see that the cluster development facilitator and the institute coordinator have been involved in some aspects of these endeavours, and it feels that, in fact, the coordination and supervision of these activities rightly belongs to the agencies serving the Delhi cluster. Under their auspices, it is hoped that the believers in Delhi will take advantage of the abundant opportunities available and offer their services to facilitate core activities at the House of Worship, as well as provide home visits to those who have asked for further contact with the local community. Staff members from the information centre would, of course, be welcome to contribute to these efforts in their free time. In addition, with regard to the programmes on Sunday, those seekers who attend should, at some stage, be introduced to believers in their neighbourhoods and encouraged to participate in activities there.
You may be assured of the prayers of the House of Justice in the Holy Shrines on behalf of all the believers in India, that Bahá'u'lláh's grace and confirmations may be showered upon them as they strive to bring to the Faith an ever-growing number of the many receptive souls in your country.
With loving Bahá'í greetings,
UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
TERMINOLOGIES USED BY APEX BODY OF BAHAIS UNIVERSAL
HOUSE OF JUTICE TO DECEIVE NON BAHAIS,
GOVERMENTAL AGENCIES AND MASSES AT LARGE.
Bahai
terminologies
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Real
meaning
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Teaching activities
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Propagating Bahai Faith to a
non Bahai
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Visitors and Seekers and eager
souls
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Non Bahai who shows interest in
Bahai Faith
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Information centre at the House
of worship
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It is an office in the Bahai
lotus Temple in Delhi which takes the addresses of the visitor at the temple.
The addresses is then forwarded to the local Bahais of that city to follow
this visitor and convert them to Bahai Faith
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Volunteers
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Bahais at the Delhi Temple
doing the job of Teaching Bahai Faith
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study circles, and children and
junior youth classes
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It is group propagation of
Bahai Faith to adults Junior youth (Below 15-18 yrs) and children (6 to 15
years)
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abundant opportunities
available and offer their services to facilitate core activities at the House
of Worship
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Bahai Temple to be used as
conversion place without arousing the suspicion of the authorities
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Provide home visits to those
who have asked for further contact with the local community.
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To visit the houses of these
visitors and teach them about the Bahai Faith
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Seekers who attend should, at
some stage, be introduced to believers in their neighbourhoods and encouraged
to participate in activities there.
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The visitors at the Temple
should be introduced to the local Bahais and then they should also start the
propagation activities.
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prayers of the House of Justice
in the Holy Shrines on behalf of all the believers in India
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The wish of the apex
organization of the Bahai Faith called as Universal House of Justice situated
at Haifa, Israel.
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as they strive to bring to the
Faith an ever-growing number of the many receptive souls in your country
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To increase the number of
Bahais in India through the non Bahai visitors visiting the Lotus Temple.
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How well is the Justice done by the
Universal House of Justice!!!
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