Abdu'l-Baha's words on the right attitude...

...regarding teaching the Baha'i Faith:


"The Master (Abdu'l-Baha's given name) states there are 3 thoughts that come to a person when one teaches the Cause of God to another. Of these 3 thoughts, 2 are erroneous and will not bear abundant fruit. These are His words:

1." Do not teach the Cause because you think that one's acceptance of Baha'u'llah will be good for that person's soul."
2." Do not teach the Cause because you think that one's acceptance of Baha'u'llah will be good for your soul."
3. " Teach ye the Cause of God only because God exalted in His Glory wishes His creatures to know His Manifestation."

In other words, those who wish to live in the world of the Spiritual Sun, just as those who wish to live in the world of the physical sun, should know the potential and greatness of the sun. Only then can they themselves truly benefit from the sun."

~ Inspiration from a Dear Uncle of mine


"Surely it will require great wisdom to bring this Truth before the world; but we are assured constantly that to him who endeavours to teach for the sake of God only - wisdom will be given in sufficient measure by the Holy Spirit.

"The teacher should teach as though offering a gift to a King, humbly and submissively, not with force of insistence, imperiously - that is strenuously - but with gentleness and sweetness; submitting the argument and truth to the heart and intellect of the hearer as the servant of God, and therefore His servant - taking care at all times to adapt the offered food to the condition and station of the listener, giving milk for babes and meat for those grown stronger."

"This food is to be offered FOR THE SAKE OF GOD ONLY, not for the hearer's sake, not for the benefit of yourself; but simply because God wishes His Manifestations to become known and to become loved by those who come to know Him."

"We are urgently instructed that the only real way to attain growth in the knowledge of the Truth of God, is not hearing but DOING, by being alive with the fire of the love of God and imparting as best as we can to the others the Tidings of the coming of the Kingdom. This is the day of Teaching. We are all commanded to teach, but only in the way and for the purpose above named."

~ Abdu'l-Baha, Star of the West, Vol. III, No 19, (March 2, 1913)


"Wholly for the sake of God he should proclaim His Message, and with that same spirit accept whatever response his words may evoke in his hearer."

~ Baha'u'llah (Phâ.t A Di Dà / Buddha Maitreya-Amitabha)