The Baha'i Studies Listserv Dear all, Thanks so much to everyone of you for replying to my query and providing some useful links.
Best regards, Firouz On 01/03/2013 01:44, Ehsan Bayat wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > "If this feast be held in the proper fashion," `Abdu'l-Bahá states, > "the friends will, once in nineteen days, find themselves spiritually > restored, and endued with a power that is not of this world." To > ensure this glorious outcome the concept of the Feast must be > adequately understood by all the friends. The Feast is known to have > three distinct but related parts: the devotional, the administrative, > and the social. The first entails the recitation of prayers and > reading from the Holy Texts. The second is a general meeting where the > Local Spiritual Assembly reports its activities, plans and problems to > the community, shares news and messages from the World Centre and the > National Assembly, and receives the thoughts and recommendations of > the friends through a process of consultation. The third involves the > partaking of refreshments and engaging in other activities meant to > foster fellowship in a culturally determined diversity of forms which > do not violate principles of the Faith or the essential character of > the Feast.__ > _Even though the Feast requires strict adherence to the threefold > aspects in the sequence in which they have been defined_, there is > much room for variety in the total experience. For example, music may > be introduced at various stages, including the devotional portion; > `Abdu'l-Bahá recommends that eloquent, uplifting talks be given; > originality and variety in expressions of hospitality are possible; > the quality and range of the consultation are critical to the spirit > of the occasion. The effects of different cultures in all these > respects are welcome factors which can lend the Feast a salutary > diversity, representative of the unique characteristics of the various > societies in which it is held and therefore conducive to the > upliftment and enjoyment of its participants." > Extracted from the Introductory Letter to the Compilation on Nineteen > Day Feast,The Universal House Of Justice; Bahá'í World Centre, 27 > August 1989 > http://bahai-library.com/compilation_nineteen_day_feast > *From:* jonah winters <jonahwint...@gmail.com> > *To:* Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: 19-Day Feast > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I don't know if you'll find the answer here, but all online documents > I know of about Feasts can be found at > http://bahai-library.com/title/feast (and the Lights of Guidance > section, http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance#nnnXIX.C ). > > -Jonah > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:eba...@yahoo.com > <mailto:eba...@yahoo.com> > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-690211-5441.d96eed18098da6ab5c15dd856998e...@list.jccc.edu > <mailto:leave-690211-5441.d96eed18098da6ab5c15dd856998e...@list.jccc.edu> > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > ly...@list.jccc.edu <mailto:ly...@list.jccc.edu> > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu <mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-690282-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
