Education of the individual Baha'i in the Divine law is one
of the duties of Spiritual Assemblies. In a letter to a National Assembly on 1 March
1951, Shoghi Effendi wrote:
The deepening and enrichment of the spiritual life of the
individual believer, his increasing comprehension of the essential verities
underlying this Faith, his training in its administrative processes, his
understanding of the fundamentals of the Covenants established by its Author
and the authorized Interpreter of its teachings, should be made the supreme
objectives of the national representatives responsible for the edification, the
progress and consolidation of these communities.
Such is the duty resting on the elected institutions of the
Faith for the promotion of the spiritual, moral and ethical lives of the
individual believers. (From a letter dated 8 February 1998 written on behalf of
the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
