Burháni’d-Dín Afshín
Burháni’d-Dín Afshín | |
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| Counsellor | South Central Asia 1976 - 1980 Asia 1980 - 2000 |
Burháni’d-Dín Afshín is a Bahá’í who helped develop the Bahá’í community of India and served as a Continental Counselor for Asia.
Background[edit]
Afshín was appointed as a Continental Counselor for South Central Asia in 1976 when the Universal House of Justice raised the number of Counselors.[1] In May 1977 he spoke at the first Bahá’í Teaching Conference for the Himalayas in Gangtok in the state Sikkim of India,[2] and in September 1978 he visited Africa to attend the National Teaching Conference of Tanzania at the request of the Universal House of Justice.[3] In December 1979 he spoke at a national teaching conference for Pakistan in Hyderabad.[4]
In 1980 the Universal House of Justice merged the Continental Boards in Asia into one body and introduced five year terms to the body and Afshín was appointed for a five year term.[5] In March and April 1982 he helped the National Youth Committee of India conceptualize the Panchgani Academy,[6] and in June that year he participated in a conference held to inaugurate it.[7] In 1985 he was appointed for a second five year term as Counselor,[8] and he represented India as a keynote speaker at an international Asian Bahá’í Youth Conference in New Delhi.[9] In December 1986 he spoke at the inauguration of the House of Worship in New Delhi.[10]
In 1990 Afshín was appointed for another five year term as Counselor,[11] and for a final five year term in 1995.[12]
Talks[edit]
- 1986 - Echoes from the Lotus
- 2017 - What Is Bahá’í Administration?
- 2018 - Reflection On Some of the Bahá’í Teachings
- Undated - New World Order
- Undated - Sacrifice
- Undated - Speech at Spanish Summer School (in Persian)
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 542, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 563, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 575, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 593, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (February 1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 599, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 632, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 619, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1987). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 671, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ 25 October 1990 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of the World
- ↑ 29 October 1995 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of the World
