Building capacity for a life of service

Service

A life

Of service

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Let each morn be better than its eve

and each morrow richer than its yesterday. Man’s merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.

~ Bahá’u’lláh

The Baha'i program of learning is called
"Study Circles"

Study circles provide a space for a group of friends to come together, reflect on the Holy Writings and build their capacity to engage in acts of service to their community. Study circles are guided by a profound conviction in the basic nobility of every human being. No matter how rich or educated, how poor and lowly an individual may be, each and everyone can contribute to the well-being of themselves and others through service.

Our vision

Building a cohesive society and strengthening the nation’s social fabric cannot be accomplished through the scattered efforts of individuals or policies, no matter how devoted, well-thought, and well-meaning they may be.

Unity

What is also needed is a community that is unified in thought, purpose, and action. In any given community, the culture it promotes, the attitudes it fosters, and the patterns of thought and behaviour it cultivates, are largely defined by its members’ collective sense of purpose.

Service

When that purpose is to be of service to others and to contribute to the betterment of society, the community becomes a setting in which powers are multiplied in unified action. Individual will and collective volition are blended due to the realization of the need for concerted action and a commitment to the common good.

Capacity

The necessary qualities, values, skills, and capacities required for such meaningful interactions and dynamics of community life is explored and nurtured through the Training Institute (educational) programme.

Application

The Institute carries out action and research in the field, learning to apply Baha’u’llah’s teachings to the life of society, in order to develop programs and materials that enhance the capacity of individuals and communities to serve their own neighbourhood.

Community

When people from diverse backgrounds work together in initiatives that contribute to the material and spiritual progress of their neighborhoods, everyone becomes a potential protagonist of change, and the local population becomes resilient and is a source of strength for a community/nation.

But they may also come from any one of a number of educational backgrounds

with all the hope in their hearts that, through strenuous concerted effort, the world will change. Irrespective of particulars, they will, one and all, share in the desire to dedicate their time and energy, talents and abilities, to service to their communities. Many, when given the opportunity, will gladly devote a few years of their lives to the provision of spiritual education to the rising generations. In the young people of the world, then, lies a reservoir of capacity to transform society waiting to be tapped. And the release of this capacity should be regarded by every institute as a sacred charge.

~ Universal House of Justice

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Tel: +65 6222 6200
E-Mail: info@bahai.org.sg

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