Lights of Guidance - Extended Table of Contents

Lights of Guidance

A Bahá’í Reference File

Compiled by Helen Bassett Hornby

Reproduced with the kind permission of the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Ecuador

Subjects

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I. Administrative Order

A. Administrative Order (1 - 2)

B. Bahá’í Administration (3 - 6)

C. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies (7 - 16)

D. Formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies (17 - 51)

E. Annual Conventions (52 - 79)

F. Instruction of Tellers, Priority of Minorities, Approval of Outgoing Assembly (80 - 95)

G. Officers of Local and National Assemblies (96 - 116)

H. Local and National Administrators (117 - 153)

I. Meetings of Bahá’í Assemblies, Attendance, Resignations (154 - 177)

J. Administrative Rights, Sanctions, Dissimulation (178 - 217)

K. Appeals (218 - 223)

L. By-Laws (224 - 231)

M. New Believer (232 - 266)

N. The Believers’ Relationship with the Assemblies (267 - 292)

O. Inactive Believers (293 - 303)

II. Backbiting, Criticism, Faultfinding, Gossip, Lies, Slander, etc. (304 - 325)

III. Bahá’í

A. Bahá’í Archives (326 - 333)

B. Bahá’í Arts and Drama (334 - 345)

C. Bahá’í Authors/Writers (346 - 359)

D. Bahá’í Publication, Translation, Review and Copyright (360 - 371)

E. Miscellaneous Subjects (372 - 375)

IV. Bahá’í Life, Ego, Sacrifice, Self and Service

A. Bahá’í Life (376 - 385)

B. Ego—Self (386 - 397)

C. Self-Defense (398 - 400)

D. Self-Sacrifice and Service (401 - 408)

V. Begging, Charities and the Poor

A. Begging (409 - 410)

B. Charity (411 - 418)

C. The Poor (419 - 421)

VI. Calamities and Crises (422 - 459)

VII. Ceremonies (460 - 466)

VIII. Children

A. Adopted Children and Orphans (467 - 472)

B. Godparents or Co-Parenthood (473 - 478)

C. Education and Training of Children (479 - 511)

E. Registration of Children (512 - 522)

F. Miscellaneous Topics in Reference to Children (523 - 529)

IX. Churches (530 - 542)

X. Committees

A. Appointing Committees (543 - 551)

B. Election of Committee Officers (552 - 553)

C. Structure and Function of National Committees (554 - 558)

D. Special Committees (Administrative, Ad Hoc, Emergency—National and Regional Teaching Committees) (559 - 576)

XI. Consultation (577 - 592)

XII. The Covenant

A. Bahá’í Covenant (593 - 600)

B. Covenant Breakers—Expulsion (601 - 606)

C. Believers Forbidden to Associate with Covenant-Breakers (607 - 620)

D. Expulsion and Reinstatement; Protection Responsibilities; Books written by Enemies of the Faith (621 - 629)

XIII. Death

A. Wills (630 - 636)

B. Burial Laws (637 - 651)

C. Bahá’í Cemeteries (652 - 656)

D. Funeral services (657 - 665)

E. Cremation (666 - 673)

F. Suicide (674 - 678)

G. Life after Death; the Soul (679 - 705)

XIV. Education

A. Academic and Spiritual (706 - 713)

B. Universities and Colleges (714 - 721)

XV. Endowments, Local and National (722 - 728)

XVI. The Family

A. Family Relationships (729 - 747)

B. The Relationship Between Husband and Wife (748 - 759)

C. Ancestors and Descendants (760 - 761)

D. The Relationship Between Parents and Children (762 - 774)

XVII. The Fast (775 - 784)

XVIII. Fear (785 - 794)

XIX. The Nineteen Day Feast

A. Nature and Function (795 - 810)

B. Time for Holding Nineteen Day Feast (811 - 816)

C. Programme for the Nineteen Day Feast (817 - 827)

XX. Firesides (828 - 834)

XXI. The Bahá’í Fund

A. Contributions—Responsibility of Bahá’ís (835 - 842)

B. Those Eligible to Contribute (843 - 856)

C. The Treasurer and the Spiritual Assembly (857 - 881)

D. Earmarked Funds (882 - 891)

XXII. Greatest Name of God

A. The Greatest Name (892 - 906)

B. Ringstone Emblem and Jewellery (907 - 911)

XXIII. Haziratu’l-Quds (912 - 922)

XXIV. Health, Healing and Nutrition

A. Spiritual and Physical Healing (923 - 946)

B. Mental Illness (947 - 957)

C. Doctors (958 - 971)

D. Illnesses and Medical Practices (972 - 996)

E. Physical Education (997 - 1002)

F. Diet and Nutrition (1003 - 1017)

XXV. Holy Days (1018 - 1030)

XXVI. The Institution of the Huqúqu’lláh (1031 - 1044)

XXVII. Special Institutions

A. Institutions Defined (1045 - 1046)

B. The Guardianship (1047 - 1058)

C. The Universal House of Justice (1059 - 1073)

D. Supreme Tribunal (1074 - 1077)

E. Hands of the Cause of God (1078 - 1086)

F. International Teaching Centre (1087)

G. Continental Boards of Counsellors (1088 - 1102)

H. Auxiliary Boards for Protection and Propagation (1103 - 1117)

I. Auxiliary Board Member Assistants (1118 - 1123)

J. Relationships Between Counsellors, Auxiliary Board Members and Assistants and National and Local Assemblies and Committees (1124 - 1136)

XXVIII. Languages (1137 - 1143)

XXIX. Laws and Ordinances

A. Introduction (1144 - 1153)

B. Abortion (1154 - 1155)

C. Adultery (1156 - 1159)

D. Birth Control (1160 - 1170)

E. Alcohol, Drugs And Tobacco

1. Alcohol (1171 - 1182)

2. Drugs (1183 - 1188)

3. Tobacco (1189 - 1193)

F. Crime, Criminals and Prisoners (1194 - 1200)

G. Gambling (1201 - 1204)

H. Chastity and Sex Education (1205 - 1220)

I. Homosexuality (1221 - 1230)

J. Laws of Marriage

1. Parental Consent (1231 - 1254)

2. Bahá’í Engagement (1255 - 1261)

3. Bahá’í Marriage (1262 - 1301)

K. Divorce (1302 - 1338)

XXX. Love And Unity (1339 - 1350)

XXXI. Military Service (1351 - 1359)

XXXII. Music (1360 - 1371)

XXXIII. The Number Nine (1372 - 1377)

XXXIV. Opposition (1378 - 1383)

XXXV. Organisations, Non-Bahá’í (1384 - 1404)

XXXVI. Orientals (1405 - 1410)

XXXVII. Peace (1411 - 1430)

XXXVII. Pilgrims’ Notes (1431 - 1439)

XXXIX. Politics and Governments

A. Politics (1440 - 1452)

B. Governments and Civil Authorities (1453 - 1471)

C. Government Employees (1472 - 1478)

XL. Prayer and Meditation

A. Prayer and Meditation (1479 - 1520)

B. Obligatory Prayer (1521 - 1539)

XLI. Prophets—Manifestations of God

A. The Báb (1540 - 1549)

B. Bahá’u’lláh (1550 - 1573)

C. Explanation of Some Bahá’í Teachings (1574 - 1613)

D. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1614 - 1630)

E. Hidden Words (1631 - 1635)

F. Christ (1636 - 1660)

G. Islam (1661 - 1673)

H. Israel (1674 - 1682)

I. Prophets and Prophecies of Various Religions (1683 - 1729)

XLII. Psychic Phenomena (1730 - 1774)

XLIII. Races (1775 - 1819)

XLIV. Reincarnation (1820 - 1827)

XLV. Reverence and Spirituality

A. Reverence (1828 - 1833)

B. Spirituality (1834 - 1845)

XLVI. Social and Economic Development

A. Guidelines (1846 - 1856)

B. Agriculture (1857 - 1859)

C. Economics (1860 - 1872)

D. Projects (1873 - 1879)

E. Objectives for Social and Economic Development (1880 - 1883)

F. Requisites for Success (1884 - 1885)

G. Tutorial Schools (1886 - 1890)

XLVII. Bahá’í Summer Schools and Institutes

A. Summer Schools (1891 - 1907)

B. Bahá’í Teaching Institutes (1908 - 1912)

XLVIII. Teaching

A. Deepening (1913 - 1933)

B. Pioneers and Pioneering (1934 - 1966)

C. Publicity and Proclamation (1967 - 1971)

D. Radio (1972 - 1976)

E. Teaching (1977 - 2001)

F. Mass Teaching (2002 - 2036)

XLIX. Tests (2037 - 2050)

L. The Temple Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

A. Founding of the Temple (2051 - 2057)

B. Worship in the Temple (2058 - 2066)

C. Temple Guiding and Other Activities (2067 - 2071)

LI. Women (2072 - 2104)

LII. Work

A. Work is Worship (2105 - 2120)

B. Trade Unions and Strikes (2121)

LIII. Youth (2122 - 2163)