Footnotes

... today.: The book title is one notable exception.
... burden.'': Quoted from The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi.
... humankind,: See also Chapter 6.
... religion.: See also Chapter 3.
... final.: See also Section 3.5.
... it.: See also Chapter 2.
... end.: See also Chapter 5
... time.: See also Chapter 10.
... religion.: Religious conversion is further discussed in Section 13.3.
... ago.: 1833-1891, British social reformer and member of Parliament, a secularist.
... Untouchability: People who were considered ritually unclean and who typically cleaned the human waste in ``latrines.''
... below.: See also Chapter 1.
... beliefs.: See also Chapter 2.
...Avatars.: The concept of Avatar is discussed in Section 3.2.
...Avatara.: Avatara is the original Sanskrit word from which is derived the more familiar form Avatar.
... metaphor.: See also Section 13.5.
...Nirvana:: Nirvana in Sanskrit literally means ``extinction'' or ``blowing-out.''
... religion.: See also Section 13.3.
... Truth.'': See also Chapters 2,3
... firing-squad,: See Section 1.1.
... non-violence;: Italics added.
... affected.: See also Section 10.4.
... abandoned.: See also Section 13.7.
... revelation.: See also Chapter 3
... humankind.: See also Chapter 6.
... Justice: The supreme ruling body of the Bahá'í Faith. See chapter 1.
... millennium,: Of the Common Era.
... opinion.: See also Section 13.4.
... Justice: The supreme ruling body of the Bahá'í international community. See Chapter 1.
...Sadavrat: Charity.
... scavenger: An untouchable who manually clears faeces from public and private latrines and disposes of carcasses. See also the discussion in Section 6.3.
... humankind.: See also Section 6.2.
... Marah: See Exodus 15:23.The Hebrew word for Marah means ``bitter.''
... chapter.: See Chapter 9.
... decentralized: See also Section 5.4
... spirit: See also Section 5.5
... methods.: See also Section 5.3.
... Justice: The supreme ruling body of the Bahá'ís. See Chapter 1.
... body: See also Section 6.2.
... vegan: Vegans eat no animal meat, no milk, no eggs.
... governments.: See also Section.11.1.
... laws.: See also section 11.1.
... religion.: See also Section 3.5.
... humankind.: See also Section 13.7.
... spread.: See also Section 3.5.
... Faith,: See also Chapter 3.
... approach.: See also Chapter 3.
...Adiparva: The first book of the epic.
... system.: See also Section 6.3.