Philosophy
Palabra Publications is an organization dedicated to the production and dissemination of teaching, deepening, and training institute course materials at low costs. These materials strive to address the spiritual education needs of diverse peoples with a variety of books, such as those described below.
View ListMessages from the Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice lovingly provides the Bahá’í world with guidance that is essential to defining the very nature of Bahá’í community life. This guidance also helps to give individuals and communities a vision of what it means to advance the Cause of God in this day and age. Palabra offers a number of compilations of messages from the House of Justice, on topics ranging from the Five Year Plan, to training institutes, to entry by troops, to social and economic development. It is important for Bahá’ís to study these messages, so that they might gain further insights on how to carry out their personal and community affairs.
View ListFramework for Action
Bahá'ís everywhere are striving to understand how best to translate the Creative Word into practice in their daily lives. Palabra has published several books that explore the intellectual and conceptual framework created by Bahá’u’lláh, with relationship to how the individual and community alike can put His ideas into action, and furthermore, what it means for them to function within this new paradigm of learning and growth. Readers are encouraged to approach their study of these materials from a standpoint of learning, meaning that through a careful process of action, reflection and consultation with others, they can gradually begin to discover ways to apply the Writings of the Faith in practical terms.
View ListTraining Institute Materials
To carry out the work of the Plans from the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’ís have been engaging in the work of the training institutes, which involve the study of a series of courses that have been designed to not only systematically consolidate large numbers of individuals in the teachings of the Bahá’ís Faith, but also to mobilize participants to become active promoters of the Cause by providing them with the appropriate skills to engage in community building. A natural result of this is an ever-increasing number of human resources, which in turn leads to a culture of growth that, with time and loving guidance from the Institutions of the Faith, will help to bring about entry by troops on a grand scale.
View ListMaterials for Teaching
More and more Bahá’í communities are now moving to the stage where the believers are ready to take on intensive programs of growth, which include cycles of teaching and consolidation. To help Bahá’ís in their efforts to spread the Message of Bahá’u’lláh, Palabra has put together several compilations of Writings that will help interested individuals become better acquainted with the Bahá’í Revelation.
View ListDeepening and Study Materials
In order to gain further spiritual insights and focus, it is imperative for Bahá’ís to continually study the Writings, to look to them for answers, and to draw upon them for inspiration and guidance. Palabra offers a number of guides on how to approach a study of the Writings, in addition to as compilations on various Bahá’í-related topics such as the arts, Huqúqu’lláh, and so on, all of which can be utilized in individual study or in group settings.
View ListMiscellaneous Publications
In addition to the works above, Palabra has published a variety of volumes that provide some Bahá’í perspectives on different areas of interest.