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tag name: Animals type: Miscellaneous; Science: natural, social, and applied

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Animals
related tags: – Ethics; Nature
referring tags: Animal cognition; Ants; Bees; Birds; Camels; Dogs; Donkeys; Fishes; Horses; Lambs; Lions; Meat; Salmon; Serpent; Villages
Inventory subject: Kindness to and rights of animals; Man's distinction from the animal; The animal kingdom
notes:

"... Burden not an animal with more than it can bear. We, truly, have prohibited such treatment through a most binding interdiction in the Book. Be ye the embodiments of justice and fairness amidst all creation..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶187
"... Train your children from their earliest days to be infinitely tender and loving to animals. If an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests..."
– Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, no. 138 (AB00890)
"... The animal is ... a captive of the world of nature and not in touch with that which lies within and beyond nature; it is without spiritual susceptibilities, deprived of the attractions of consciousness, unconscious of the world of God and incapable of deviating from the law of nature... The animal can only know through sense impressions and cannot grasp intellectual realities. The animal cannot conceive of the power of thought. This is an abstract intellectual matter and not limited to the senses. The animal is incapable of knowing that the earth is round..."
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, talk 85, 24 July 1912 (ABU0096)

See also:
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í Sacred Writings, chapter 14, section "The Difference Between Human and Animal"
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 48: The Difference between Man and Animal (also index)

references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal; bahai9.com/wiki/Animal; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals-cruelty; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals-going-to-heaven; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Animal

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2023-07. Mind: "The Power of the Human Spirit". Gerald Filson. — Correlating Baha’i concepts of the mind with insights from philosophy; conceptual ways of knowing;...
2023-01. Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals in the Bahá'í Writings: Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse. Michael Sabet. — Baha'i exegesis can discern a framework governing the treatment of animals and our relationship to t...
2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. — Explores the Persian Bayan's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into...
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
2017. Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature, The. Ian Kluge. — How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, w...
2015. On Existence and Qualities of the Human Soul. Farjam Majd. — On the existence, nature, and necessity of a human soul vs. the souls of animals. Is the concept of ...
2014. Index to Some Answered Questions. — Topic references to chapter and paragraph numbers of the 2014 revised authorized translation of this...
2014. Answered Questions, Some. Abdu'l-Bahá. — 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Baha in ‘Akka between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions ...
2012. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels. Wendi Momen. — Abdu'l-Baha's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic ra...
2011. Birth of the Human Being, The: Beyond Religious Traditionalism and Materialist Modernity. Nader Saiedi. — We have arrived at a turning point in human evolution: the moment of the birth of the human being. T...
2010-12-30. Birth of Human Beings in the Writings of the Bab. Nader Saiedi. — A talk on an invited topic (the origin of humankind) from a scholar known for his unique familiarity...
2005-08-13. Mind and Spirit: Convergence of Neuroscience and Revealed Knowledge. Faraneh Vargha-Khadem.
2005. Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A. Abdu'l-Bahá, Keven Brown, trans. . — Insights into three statements by Baha'u'llah on pre-existence, creation, and nature as the essence ...
2004. Evolution and Baha'i Belief, by Keven Brown and Eberhard von Kitzing: Review and Commentary. Eamonn Moane. — Lengthy overview of the Baha'i response to Darwinism and the concepts of parallel evolution and spec...
2004. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. . — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co...
2001. Food and Farming: Warwick Leaflets. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop.
1996. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality. Paul Lample, comp. — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
1995-03-09. Animal Spirits. Universal House of Justice. — Letter to an individual believer on the question if animals possess a surviving spiritual reality.
1995. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique. Michael W. Sours. — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
1994-2021. Various Essays. Jack McLean. — 43 essays on various topics, many with Baha'i themes, most published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood o...
1991. Conservation of the Earth's Resources. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. — Compilation prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
1991. Animals, Treatment of: Warwick Leaflets. Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. — Kindness toward animals is a core Baha'i teaching about the station and capacity of animals, who hav...
1979. Seven Mysteries of Life, The: An Exploration in Science and Philosophy. Guy Murchie. — A poetic exploration of life’s unity, consciousness, love, and purpose, blending science, philosop...
1976 [1921]. Tablet to Auguste Forel. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha written in 1921, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist August...
1973 Summer. ‘Irfán, Gnosis, or Mystical Knowledge. Jalil Mahmoudi. — Explores ‘Irfan (gnosis) as mystical knowledge, contrasting empirical and rational forms, emphasiz...
1950-10-04. Short Letter on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi on Various Topics. Shoghi Effendi. — Brief comments on various subjects: taking verses out of context, love of God, love for all humanity...
1946-06-07. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand. Shoghi Effendi. — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
1933-04. Letter to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo of a Talk by Abdu'l-Baha. Josephina Fallscher, Richard Grosser, trans. . — On the 'freedom of will', inheritance and instinct.
1917. Pilgrim Notes. Myron Henry Phelps. — Notes taken by Phelps during his second visit to Acca, 1917, from the words of Abdul-Baha.

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tag name:	Animals	type:	Miscellaneous; Science: natural, social, and applied
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Animals
related tags:	– Ethics; Nature
referring tags:	Animal cognition; Ants; Bees; Birds; Camels; Dogs; Donkeys; Fishes; Horses; Lambs; Lions; Meat; Salmon; Serpent; Villages
Inventory subject:	Kindness to and rights of animals; Man's distinction from the animal; The animal kingdom
notes:	"... Burden not an animal with more than it can bear. We, truly, have prohibited such treatment through a most binding interdiction in the Book. Be ye the embodiments of justice and fairness amidst all creation..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶187 "... Train your children from their earliest days to be infinitely tender and loving to animals. If an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests..." – Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, no. 138 (AB00890) "... The animal is ... a captive of the world of nature and not in touch with that which lies within and beyond nature; it is without spiritual susceptibilities, deprived of the attractions of consciousness, unconscious of the world of God and incapable of deviating from the law of nature... The animal can only know through sense impressions and cannot grasp intellectual realities. The animal cannot conceive of the power of thought. This is an abstract intellectual matter and not limited to the senses. The animal is incapable of knowing that the earth is round..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, talk 85, 24 July 1912 (ABU0096) See also: – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í Sacred Writings, chapter 14, section "The Difference Between Human and Animal" – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 48: The Difference between Man and Animal (also index)
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal; bahai9.com/wiki/Animal; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals-cruelty; bahaiquotes.com/subject/animals-going-to-heaven; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Animal