Tag: "Cleanliness"

tag name	Cleanliness	type:	Science: natural, social, and applied; Virtues
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Cleanliness
variations or mis-spellings	hygiene
related tags	- Virtues and spiritual qualities; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Purity; Refinement; Spirituality
referring tags	Ablutions; Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Selected topics; Magnets and magnetic forces; Water, Pure (three respects)
Inventory subject	Cleanliness and refinement
notes	Note: Please refer to the links to bahai9.com and bahaiquotes.com below for an overview of what the Bahá'í Writings say about this subject. See also theaqdas.org/synopsis.php for an interactive, expandable version of the Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, section D.3.y., and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas index entry here. The terms listed below, carry distinct nuances. Please check a dictionary or use an AI tool to get an idea of the various meanings. Compare also with the tag "Refinement", where there is some overlap. pákí ( پاکی ); liṭáfat ( لطافت ); niẓáfat ( نظافت ); tanzíh ( تنزیه )
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "... Be ye the very essence of cleanliness amongst mankind. This, truly, is what your Lord, the Incomparable, the All-Wise, desireth for you..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶ 74 "... in every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition and further the development of man’s inner reality. Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality, as the Holy Writings clearly state. And although bodily cleanliness is a physical thing, it hath, nevertheless, a powerful influence on the life of the spirit. It is even as a voice wondrously sweet, or a melody played: although sounds are but vibrations in the air which affect the ear’s auditory nerve, and these vibrations are but chance phenomena carried along through the air, even so, see how they move the heart. A wondrous melody is wings for the spirit, and maketh the soul to tremble for joy. The purport is that physical cleanliness doth also exert its effect upon the human soul ..." – Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, no. 129
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanliness; bahai9.com/wiki/Hygiene; bahaiquotes.com/subject/cleanliness; bahaiquotes.com/subject/cleanse

"Cleanliness" has been tagged in:

from the main catalog (14 results; expand)

All tags Wiki tags Inventory tags and subjects