"To be a Bahai simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood." -- Abdu'l-Baha
The Reform Bahai Faith affirms the universal spiritual and moral principles taught in all of the great religious traditions. Similar to Mahayana Buddhism, Reform Bahais believe the Example set by Abdu'l-Baha during his travels to Europe and the United States in the early 20th century, an Example of universal love and brotherhood, was perhaps his greatest Teaching. As Abdu'l-Baha often suggested, far from having the exclusive truth and the fanaticism to which that notion has so often led, Reform Bahais look to what is universal in the world's religious experience, and include prayers and meditations from other religions in their private and community worship, listen to and learn from God's other religions.
The Reform Bahai Faith, known during Abdu'l-Baha's time as the Bahai Movement or Cause, is not an organization, but a way of life.
The Reform Bahai Faith is an independent denomination that reforms Baha'u'llah's Dispensation and offers humanity His Teachings in the universal Interpretation of Abdu'l-Baha. Reform Bahais follow Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Covenant: http://www.reformbahai.org/Covenant.html
See the Reform Bahai Faith website for further details:
http://www.reformbahai.org
Yahoo! Groups Reform Bahai
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReformBahai
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Discussion of censorship and related issues in other Baha'i denominations should be posted to Yahoo! Groups bahaicensorship - Bahai Censorship
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bahaicensorship
This discussion forum is for members of the Reform Bahai Faith and people of *goodwill* interested in exploring Reform Bahai or just curious. The use of pseudonyms is recommended.
Yahoo Reform Bahai is closed to members of the Haifan Baha'i Faith and other Baha'i denominations.
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