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I posted the following on another forum regarding Baha'i perspectives on Social Action and decided to post the following here as well:
"Bahá'u'lláh set forth principles of guidance and teaching for economic readjustment. Regulations were revealed by Him which insure the welfare of the commonwealth. As the rich man enjoys his life surrounded by ease and luxuries, so the poor man must likewise have a home and be provided with sustenance and comforts commensurate with his needs. This readjustment of the social economic is of the greatest importance inasmuch as it insures the stability of the world of humanity; and until it is effected, happiness and prosperity are impossible."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 240
"Certainly, some being enormously rich and others lamentably poor, an organization is necessary to control and improve this state of affairs. It is important to limit riches, as it is also of importance to limit poverty. Either extreme is not good."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 153
"Man reacheth perfection through good deeds, voluntarily performed, not through good deeds the doing of which was forced upon him. And sharing is a personally chosen righteous act: that is, the rich should extend assistance to the poor, they should expend their substance for the poor, but of their own free will, and not because the poor have gained this end by force."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 115
"Each one of you must have great consideration for the poor and render them assistance. Organize in an effort to help them and prevent increase of poverty. The greatest means for prevention is that whereby the laws of the community will be so framed and enacted that it will not be possible for a few to be millionaires and many destitute."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, p. 36
Here are some sites that explain how Baha'is have been involved in social action:
https://www.bahai.org/action/involvement...ial-action
https://www.bic.org/statements/Social-an...ntribution
http://bahaistudies.net/uhj/19831212_OSE...elines.pdf
"Bahá'u'lláh set forth principles of guidance and teaching for economic readjustment. Regulations were revealed by Him which insure the welfare of the commonwealth. As the rich man enjoys his life surrounded by ease and luxuries, so the poor man must likewise have a home and be provided with sustenance and comforts commensurate with his needs. This readjustment of the social economic is of the greatest importance inasmuch as it insures the stability of the world of humanity; and until it is effected, happiness and prosperity are impossible."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 240
"Certainly, some being enormously rich and others lamentably poor, an organization is necessary to control and improve this state of affairs. It is important to limit riches, as it is also of importance to limit poverty. Either extreme is not good."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 153
"Man reacheth perfection through good deeds, voluntarily performed, not through good deeds the doing of which was forced upon him. And sharing is a personally chosen righteous act: that is, the rich should extend assistance to the poor, they should expend their substance for the poor, but of their own free will, and not because the poor have gained this end by force."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 115
"Each one of you must have great consideration for the poor and render them assistance. Organize in an effort to help them and prevent increase of poverty. The greatest means for prevention is that whereby the laws of the community will be so framed and enacted that it will not be possible for a few to be millionaires and many destitute."
~ Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, p. 36
Here are some sites that explain how Baha'is have been involved in social action:
https://www.bahai.org/action/involvement...ial-action
https://www.bic.org/statements/Social-an...ntribution
http://bahaistudies.net/uhj/19831212_OSE...elines.pdf