Bahá’ís of Hilo

A Faith for Today

by P.C. in About the Baha'i Faith
Over a century ago Bahá’u’lláh taught that religious truth is not final but progressive. Religion is renewed, He said, in every age to re-establish and apply the unchanging principles found in the scriptures of the Great Religions of the world to the needs of the present day. The entrenched powers of 19th century Persian orthodoxy vehemently opposed His message but now His Faith is spread around the world. Here in Hilo as in Europe, Africa, [...]
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    Attend an informal presentation about the Baha’i Faith or participate in a Study Circle.
  • Prayer
    Attend devotional gatherings together with others who recognize our need to connect with our creator.
Vision Statement: To Inspire Creativity in the Spirit of Service for the Community of Hilo, Implementing Solutions for the Unification of all People and Cultures.
About the Baha'i Faith

Excellent overview of the Bahá’i Faith on BBC

Recently, the BBC published an article with extensive excerpts from a BBC audio podcast containing an excellent overview of the Bahá’i Faith.  The BBC Podcast is the latest in the BBC World Service’s “Heart and […]

About the Baha'i Faith

The Bahá’í Calendar

In July 2014 made significant changes to the The Bahá’í Calendar. This page describes the Bahá’í Calendar as it exists now (since those changes).    A separate page discusses how those changes differed from the previously […]

About the Baha'i Faith

Baha’is around the World

The worldwide Baha’i Community is Diverse and Dynamic! Here we offer a glimpse into some of the things Baha’is are doing around the world. More than 430 Baha’is from 12 different countries attended this Norwegian […]

About the Baha'i Faith

World Peace and the Bahá’í Faith

Bahá’u’lláh counsels mankind: “Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self.“ The Bahá’í Writings delineate a practical and new relationship between the nations and peoples of the world.  While a prisoner […]

Prayer

Devotional Gatherings

“The impulse to pray is a natural one springing from man’s love to God” -`Abdu’l-Bahá One of our deepest human longings is to commune with our Creator. Praying together at a fixed time and place, […]

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Bahá’í Community

From the Bahá’i Writings

White doves and gray doves associate with each other in perfect friendship. Man draws imaginary lines on the planet and says, “This is a Frenchman, a Musselman, an Italian!” Upon these differences wars are waged. Men are fighting for the possession of the earth. They fight for that which becomes their graves, their cemeteries, their tombs.

In reality all are members of one human family — children of one Heavenly Father. Humanity may be likened unto the vari-colored flowers of one garden. There is unity in diversity. Each sets off and enhances the other’s beauty.

— Abdu’l-Baha

Bahá’í World News Service

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Mexico: Countering violence in neighborhoods through service

Discussions explore how recognition of the spiritual nature of human beings can help address the roo

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Members of Kazakhstan’s Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs discuss how collective exploration of spirit

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The News Service has now integrated the Arabic language into its website, marking a notable enhancem

BIC Geneva: UN Member States raise concern about Bahá’ís during Iran’s Universal Periodic Review

At the recent UPR, a significant number of UN Members State raised concerns about the systematic per

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Human prosperity depends as much on social, moral, and relational factors as on technological, mater

In Conversation: Podcast explores BIC’s contributions to the discourse on societal harmony

BIC representatives discuss how spiritual principles and a conception of human nature rooted in the

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