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The fruit of the human tree . . . .

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November 2012’s ‘thought for the month’:

“Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit of the human tree hath ever been and will ever be perfections both within and without. It is not desirable that a man be left without knowledge or skills, for he is then but a barren tree. Then, so much as capacity and capability allow, ye needs must deck the tree of being with fruits such as knowledge, wisdom, spiritual perception and eloquent speech.”  From a Tablet – translated from the Persian [9]

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Why teaching children is important

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Teaching children - Bahai
Andriana Ali and Bridget Ukana conducting children’s classes as part of the 1996 Olinga Teaching Project in Ghana. Reprinted with kind permission of the Baha’i International Community.

Baha’u’llah said, in a Tablet (translated from the Persian) [14]: “That which is of paramount importance for the children, that which must precede all else, is to teach them the oneness of God and the laws of God.

“The parents must exert every effort to rear their offspring to be religious, for should the children not attein this greatest of adornments, they will not obey their parents, which in a certain sense means that they will not obey God.

” Indeed, such children will show no consideration to anyone, and will do exactly as they please.” 

Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, A Compilation on Baha’i Education (Haifa: Baha’i World Centre, August 1976) P. 3. Available from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/BE/be-15.html