Video - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/video/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:51:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Virtues Basket: How to Be More Loving and Compassionate https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-loving-compassionate/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-loving-compassionate/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81168 In each human being, every noble spiritual value revolves around one all-important central virtue: love. Without it, we suffer tremendously – and with it, we flourish. In a speech he...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-loving-compassionate/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Be a More Tolerant and Flexible Person https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-be-more-tolerant-flexible-person/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-be-more-tolerant-flexible-person/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79961 Do you think of yourself as a flexible, tolerant person? We’d all probably like to claim these fine virtues as our own, but lately our societies – and many people...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-be-more-tolerant-flexible-person/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Develop Courage https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-develop-courage/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-develop-courage/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78949 Despite what the movies teach us, courage doesn’t just mean bravery – it also means facing our fears, overcoming life’s difficulties, and doing the right thing regardless of what others...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-faithful/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: Encouraging Creativity in All Children – and Adults https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-encouraging-creativity-children-adults/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-encouraging-creativity-children-adults/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77768 The Baha’i teachings say that every human being is unique like all gems are unique – that the Creator has conferred a special individual nature on each one of us....

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-encouraging-creativity-children-adults/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Be More Patient https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-patient/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-patient/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77565 No one goes through life without difficulties, tests, and trials – we all have our share of troubles. The best way to emotionally respond to those troubles, the Baha’i teachings...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-be-more-patient/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Become a Truly Helpful Human Being https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-become-helpful-human/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-become-helpful-human/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=77008 Just for a moment, remember the last time you selflessly helped someone else, and reflect back on how it made you feel afterwards. Isn’t it a wonderful feeling? Wouldn’t you...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-become-helpful-human/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Create Clean Habits https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-create-clean-habits/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-create-clean-habits/#respond Thu, 12 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76505 Normally we think of cleanliness as keeping our body and physical surroundings clean – but it’s also about developing a pure heart and helping our soul stay unstained.  We all...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-to-create-clean-habits/feed/ 0 The Virtues Basket: How to Become a Reliable Human https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-become-reliable-human/ https://bahaiteachings.org/virtues-how-become-reliable-human/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76229 Among all the people you know, which one of them can you truly depend on? When you think about that person, what spiritual quality comes to mind? Chances are it...

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