How do the Bahai worship?

Answer 1

In a Bahai House of Worship, all persons are welcome to come and worship god. The holy scriptures of any faith may be read aloud in any language, and readings and prayers may be sung by a choir, but instruments are prohibited, as are sermons and ritualistic ceremonies. Performing useful work is another form of worship.

Answer 2

yes, there are three kinds of prayers, and at least two kinds of meditation.

There are "obligatory prayers" which are prayers with a particular text, and actions that go with them, such as washing first, facing the tomb of the Founder, and at certain points raising one's hands, or looking left and right, or bowing. The most important of these are the 3 daily obligatory prayers, one very short and simple, the other two longer.

The short prayer is here

http://www.bahaiprayers.org/obligshort.htm

and the other two on the same site.

There are similar "obligatory prayers" for a burial.

Second there's prayers using scriptural texts, revealed by Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, or sometimes by the Bab or Shoghi Effendi. These can be in Persian or Arabic or translated into your mother tongue. There are thousands of these to chose from, and no particular ritual to follow. There's no liturgy to say you have use a particular prayer on a particular occasion, but there are prayers intended to say during the month of fasting, when seeking assistance, in gratitude, and so forth. Your handiest source for these is

http://www.bahaiprayers.org/index.htm

Third, there's freestyle: extempore prayers in your own words, or prayers using a biblical or Quranic text, or prayers involving dance or silence, chanting or wordless crooning. Whatever floats your boat ... er, lightens your soul.

Then there's meditation: (1) the Sufi practice of dhikr or remembrance, which is the recitation of a short formula: in Bahai it is called reciting the Greatest Name [of God] (2) contemplating something and seeking the answer and (3) whatever other practices you may know of. What Bahais actually do in the way of prayer and meditation is largely a question of individual choice and our own various religious backgrounds (except that all over the world, we all have the obligatory prayers in common).

More detail on the obligatory prayers here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligatory_Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_prayers

Sen McGlinn

Answer 3

It's the personal responsibility of every Baha'i to pray daily, which is done in their own homes. Prayers also always begin and end any Baha'i gatherings, regardless of the occasion or the location.

Answer 4

The Baha'i Faith has no rituals in the sense that other religions do. There is a daily obligatory prayer and a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset but, aside from that, because the Faith is dedicated to bringing unity among all people, the establishment of Faith-based rituals is frowned upon. Certain rituals in one part of the world might not be approved in another hemisphere or on another continent, so members of the Faith are free to hold ceremonies and gatherings in the way that is traditionally comfortable for them in whichever part of the world they live.

Answer 5

they believe in magic and their are bahai in Barbados all over the parishes you can only find in a secret passage way in under ground they have a rock with ablack mark on it they will give you magic only icf you believe in grass.

Answer 6

At home; at any meeting place; or at special temples (Mashriqu'l-Adhkar); these latter only exist one on each continent so far (except for South America, which is under construction).