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BAHAI BURIALS Revised version December 2010
1 BAHAI BURIALS Revised version December 2010 LIFE AFTER DEATH The purpose of human life for Bah ' s is to know and love God, to acquire virtues and spiritual qualities, and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilisation. Bah ' s view life in this world as a preparation for life in the next world. The soul comes into existence at conception and is immortal. Bah ' teachings describe life and death as parts of an eternal process of growth. In this world and after death an individual s soul develops and evolves as it draws nearer to God. Heaven is described as nearness to God; hell is separation from God. The soul is not reborn in a different body. Bah u ll h said that death is reunion with God. The anguish of earthly separation from a loved one may be assuaged by a dignified funeral conducted in a spiritual atmosphere which combines respect for the dead person with the awareness of the richer and wider experience that the soul is now enjoying.
BAHAI BURIALS . Revised version December 2010 . LIFE AFTER DEATH . ... congregational prayer to be read before burial. … Your National Spiritual Assembly should ... The law applies to transportation by land as by sea, whether it be an hour’s distance by boat or train. The purpose is the time limit of one hour, no matter what means
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